Kourtney Kardashian recently announced that she’s pregnant with her on again/off again boyfriend, Scott Disick. Now she’s admitting that when she first found out she was pregnant, she considered abortion. She stresses that every woman should be able to choose to keep a baby or not.

I think her honesty is going to get a lot of flak from people. While I don’t agree that abortion is a good idea (being someone who is adopted), I think the important thing to focus on here is that she took the time to let it all sink in and then …read more

As news that Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick announced the birth of their twin girls, talk around my friends and I went to the issue of using surrogates. Parker could not carry a child to term and they had the means to use a surrogate. Would you use one in the same situation?

I have to say (being in a similar situation – oh, except for being rich that is!) that I would. And what a gift it would be to have someone give you the opportunity to be a parent with your own biological child. …read more

Have you ever heard a name and thought to yourself – “what was that mother thinking?”
When I was pregnant with my twins, I spent a great deal of time thinking about names. Growing up with the name “Gayla” was not easy and I didn’t want my kids growing up with teasing and ridicule that I’d undergone.
I look at some of the mega stars and what they are naming their children and have to wonder if the fame of their parents will be enough to keep the teasing at bay – well, will it?
How much thought did you put into naming …read more