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Yolanda Wikiel is a freelance writer and editor who covers parenting, home, food, and other lifestyle topics.

  1. how i got this baby
    The Mom Whose Husband Died in a Car Wreck When She Was 9 Months Pregnant“I looked up from my phone and saw that we were crossing the double yellow lines of the two-way highway.”
  2. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Became the Adoptive Parent She Never Had“Being in foster care and knowing how many bad homes are out there, I’ve always known that I wanted to adopt a child.”
  3. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Moved in With Her Sperm Donor“Once he met the baby, he told me, ‘I just held him and I fell in love with him.’”
  4. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Expected Her Baby’s Father to Leave His Wife“He was planting seeds in my head that we could be together one day.”
  5. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Didn’t Know She Was Pregnant Until She Was in Labor“A wave of pain hit me so badly that I catapulted up from the recliner, landing with my back arched like a cat ready to attack.”
  6. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Went Back to Work in Construction 9 Days After Giving Birth“That first year of my daughter’s life, trying to keep my business afloat and dealing with the pressures of COVID, was the worst year of my life.”
  7. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Got Pregnant While on Birth Control at Age 46“I didn’t think about how much work it was going to be until I was all up in it. And then, suddenly, I was like, What did I do?”
  8. how i got this baby
    The Dads Who Adopted a Nonverbal 7-Year-Old With Autism“It was quite a frightening undertaking, to be honest. I remember thinking, Can we really handle this?”
  9. how i got this baby
    The Single Mom Whose Friend Found Her a Donor Embryo“It took time to get to an emotional place where I could say: I don’t care if we share genetics. I just want a family.”
  10. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Gave Birth Minutes After Being Turned Away From the Hospital“I told them to call 911. Then I started hollering, ‘Baby’s coming! He’s coming!’”
  11. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Left Her Husband at 20 Weeks Pregnant“He had been lying about being in a master’s program for a year and a half. I had thought he was going to be graduating in June.”
  12. how i got this baby
    The Mom Who Told Her Cousin She Could Adopt Her Next Baby“I wrote explaining my reasons for not wanting to do it anymore — later, she saw me in a parking lot and tried to hit me with her car.”