Hi Everyone... This post is a little scattered and I apologize.. it's hard to sum it all up I guess.. I just wanted to post and see if anyone was in the same situation or anything close to what I am going through right now... which I highly doubt seeing as it's probably the worst situation ever. I a...

A Man-Making blog reader, Charley M., sent along an article link from the Wall Street Journal asking a great question, Where in the World is Octodad? Octodad is the invisible, anonymous, non-participating, and possibly well-intended but victimized father of Nadya Suleman’s 14 children. Nadya is th...

If the children deserve more, GIVE THEM THEIR HUGGIES! I would like to see the incomes and situations of all the families who gave birth to multiples and see if they could afford it! "Any woman giving birth in this recession inside or outside of a marriage is crazy! Any person who hires the servic...

At first reading, it struck me that this is a story about parenting - Mary and Joseph give their child to God. They demonstrate both the responsibility to care for the child and the faith to release the child. But it’s also a story about aging - an old man and woman who have a vision for the f...

Jeanna Rodriguez, looking for presents for her 3-year-old twins, was among the 200 parents per hour who came Friday to a pickup site in Minneapolis. Look closely and you will see that Ms. Rodriguez is not wearing a wedding ring. Rodriquez registered for the program for the first time this year. She ...

Anyone have any insight on this? The father of my 3 yr old daughter and my unborn daughter refuses to come around to this new baby. He won't go to my ultrasounds or anything and doesn't even want to be there when she's born. Quite frankly, I've had enough. If I don't put him on the birth certificate...

It feels weird to post to a community called "pregnant," since I'm a guy, but I didn't know where else to go and I figure you guys would know best anyway. So I hope this is okay. My name is James and I'm 19. My ex-girlfriend is a little over 8 months pregnant with my son. Af...

What do Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, President Elect Barack Obama, and cycling great Lance Armstrong have in common? They are all very successful men and they were all raised by single moms. Congratulations to their moms and all single moms. They are my sheroes, for their selfless commitment in t...

This is my first post. I am 19 and I am expecting my first child in APRIL!! It is a boy!!! The father of the child left me so its been a struggle doing this alone, but I do not regret my baby. We are having issues on the due date. I will find out tomorrow for sure when it is. My ...

I started my myspace page almost 1 year ago. My friends and family were afraid this tragedy might happen to me, by Meek and his family. I live in the Chicago area where the murder rate in Chicago is over 440 persons for 2008, mostly black victims with a good number of them being women and children. ...