To quote best-selling author Dean Koontz…

“Creating a family in this turbulent world is an act of faith, a wager that against all odds there will be a future, that love can last, that the heart can triumph against all adversities and even against the grinding wheel of time.”

If you wanna be my lover…

There are 10 questions every couple needs to discuss before getting pregnant. Start here: What are our expectations for life once the baby arrives?

If you wanna pay my credit card…

How much is having a baby going to cost me? Financial planner Pamela Capalad runs the numbers. Survey says: You can make it work.

You can’t handle the truth?

Actually, you totally can. But in the two-week wait from trying to conceive to seeing that plus sign, a lot of anxiety can creep in. We’ve got 5 things to do while you’re waiting.

And once that baby does show up on scene…

Embrace gender-neutral names and goods to be on trend. Here are 3 ways the gender-neutral aesthetic is taking off.

Baby, baby, baby. Where did our love go?

xo,

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