I’ve talked to a lot of women, but Jamie’s story? It’s a total shift in perspective. There are some people you meet and you just vibe  with immediately, and Jamie is one of them. But as we started talking, I realized that her life has been this incredible, paradoxical series of events that most people would buckle under. We need to talk about the "Uterus Chronicles." That’s what Jamie calls her history, and it’s the only way to describe a journey that spans teen pregnancy, open adoption, egg...

I’ve had my own short stint with pregnancy, and I’ve talked to so many women about the "messy" parts of motherhood. But hearing Alyssa talk about being at the 38-week finish line, only to have the floor fall out from under her, broke me in a way I wasn't expecting. We need to talk about the silence that surrounds late-term stillbirth. We need to talk about what it feels like to carry a nursery's worth of hope in your heart, only to leave the hospital with a folder of funeral home pamphlets...

We see it in movies, right? The dramatic crash, the cinematic moment of clarity. But talking to Nicole reminded me that rock bottom isn't always a single moment; sometimes it's a slow, agonizing realization that you’ve become a stranger to yourself. Nicole is a mother of five. She’s smart, capable, and vibrant. She’s also a survivor of a battle with alcoholism that nearly took everything from her—including her life. As we talked, I found myself holding my breath. Her story is raw, it’s messy,...