What a lot of people don’t realize is that having a baby resolves childlessness — not infertility.
Writer
I write about my experiences of pregnancy loss, primary and secondary infertility, donor egg IVF, high-risk pregnancy, birth trauma, what it means to be a non-genetic parent, and how I talk to my kiddos (and other people) about egg donation. I also promote the concept that having a baby cures childlessness—not infertility.
Books
Motherhood Determined (forthcoming)Let's Talk About Egg Donation (content editor)
Anthologies
href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shaking the Tree (forthcoming)
Year in Ink, Vol. 13
Year in Ink, Vol. 11
Three Minus One
Bylines
On grieving during a pandemic for the San Diego Decameron Project
On parenting during a pandemic for the San Diego Union Tribune
Interview with artist Lily Ludlow for Tokion
Interview with artist Neilah Myers in Tokion
Various boutique and bar reviews for Paper
Select Publications
The ART of Infertility
The Daily Parent
Donor Conception Network (members newsletter + social media)
PVED
Seleni
Newsletter
Lauren X Words is where I combine my words and others' into a digital love letter for parents and parents-in-waiting.
Anthology: Year in Ink, Vol. 13
A coming-of-age essay. Content warning: rape.
PAPER // bar and boutique reviews
Coming Soon!
Tokion // Open Intimacy: Artist Lily Ludlow’s Beguiling Paintings
“Some eyes are drawn over each other multiple times, lending the impression that the figures are scanning your face as you study theirs, suggesting that you cannot be a voyeur if your gaze is returned. Perhaps this is a deflection of intimacy, the reaction of someone private who feels bared and over-exposed?”
I interviewed artist Lily Ludlow for Tokion (November 2008).
MOTHER NURTURE
Anthology: Three Minus One
“Dear Little Mizuko Bean,” a chapter from my forthcoming memoir, was included in a pregnancy loss anthology.