International Women’s Day, and the Woman Who Helped Me Survive

On infertility grief, therapy, and rebuilding life as a woman who is Childfree Not By Choice. The Women We Celebrate Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day fills my Instagram feed with messages about…

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What I Did — and Didn’t Do — in 2025 as a Childfree Not by Choice Woman And How it Can Help You, Too

2025 was a big year. Things were accomplished. Things were not. There were detours along the way. But as a Childfree Not by Choice (CFNBC) woman, this was the first year that felt truly different.…

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Why Don’t You Just Adopt?

When I was going through IVF—and in the thick of not succeeding—I was depressed in a way I didn’t think was possible. People thought they were being comforting when they asked me, “Why don’t you…

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Childfree Not by Choice: 5 Lessons I Have Learned After Letting Go of Parenthood

What does life look like when the dream of parenthood ends, but your story keeps going? That’s the question I’ve wrestled with—and here are five lessons I’ve learned along the way. For me, the end…

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This Isn’t the Midlife I Imagined — Here’s How I Pivoted at 55

I used to think midlife would look different. I thought there’d be kids. A family. A rhythm to my days that followed school schedules and bedtime routines. But instead, I’m here—childfree not by choice, trying…

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