Project Prologue: Field Dispatches
This space is about what happens after the science works: where family building, policy, identity, and ethics collide. Written from the lived perspective of the first U.S. IVF baby—and the endurance it takes to keep going.
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- 12
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Aug 24, 2026
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And Then I Heard Them Laughing (opens the original)
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Given, Not Owed (opens the original)
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Irish Goodbye (opens the original)
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Marathon training is crazy (opens the original)
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The day I hate most (opens the original)
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I hate my birthday.There. I said it.Which feels particularly ridiculous because I am, generally speaking, a person who likes a reason to celebrate. I like cake. I like dinner. I like getting dressed … Read more
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