Editorial Director, https://xitter.cf/t.co/MWA5V3EoJH. Author: So When Are You Having Kids? @SoundsTrue (Dec 2022) Rep'd by @Stacy_Testa ✉️ jdavidson@dotdashmdp.com
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🎉Some professional news: I’m writing a book! I struggled to find diverse resources that could help me decide if, when, and how I wanted to have kids so I’m creating the book I needed. I hope it helps you too.
More info: sowhenareyouhavingkids.com
ALT “Health journalist Jordan Davidson’s SO WHEN ARE YOU HAVING KIDS?, a nonjudgmental, inclusive guidebook for women, men, same-sex couples, prospective single parents, and gender non-conforming people who want to make an educated and informed decision regarding if, when, and how they bring children into the world, to Diana Ventimiglia at Sounds True, at auction, for publication in the spring of 2022 by Stacy Testa at Writers House.”
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I wrote for @TIME about people who regret having children
I've often been told that such regret isn’t possible; for this piece, I interviewed parents who love their kids & who, if they could turn back time, might not choose to be parents again
ALT screenshot of an article in TIME, "The Parents Who Regret Having Children" illustration by Ellen Weinstein, showing an Asian person driving with a crying child in the backsar
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Somewhere in Alabama there is at least one woman, hoping IVF could help her have a baby, who just saw several thousand dollars and ~7-10 days of injecting herself with drugs all go down the drain.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system has paused in vitro fertilization procedures following an Alabama Supreme Court decision due to fear of criminal prosecution and lawsuits, a spokeswoman said.
Read much more here: al.com/news/2024/02/uab-paus…
Based on the research I did for my book, this isn’t surprising. The difference in the rate of women wanting kids vs men wanting kids likely has to do with women having more realistic expectations of what parenting entails and an anticipation that they’ll do more of the work.
Bad News from @pewresearch:
✓ Only 51% of young adults w/o kids (18-34) “want to” have kids.
Even lower for young women:
✓ Only 45% of young women w/o kids (18-34) “want to” have kids.
Source: pewrsr.ch/49wq4tC
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Last year, I was offered a job even after disclosing a stage IV cancer diagnosis. Highlighting the very best of workplace acceptance and culture.
But today, my husband unexpectedly had a job offer rescinded after letting the company know he may need 2 days off, a month after starting to help me recover from a possible minor surgery.
We’re both software engineers and both companies are in the healthcare space. The response he received highlights the discrimination that not only many patients face but also their caregivers.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disheartened and frustrated by their response. When faced with the choice, be company A not company B.
We’ve faced bigger hurdles and come out on top, so on we go.
In other news, if anyone is looking to hire a talented software engineer w/experience in healthcare. I know a guy 😉
Here’s a photo of us on my birthday this year. We celebrated with a hackathon building tools/apps for cancer patients. Yes, that was my actual birthday request. Things get real nerdy around here.
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30 infants die and we recall 4.7 mil Rock ‘n Play Sleepers.
2 toddlers die and we recall 3.2 mil Calico Critters toys.
2 infants die and we recall so much formula that the US goes into shortage.
Last year, over 6,000 children were injured by gun violence.
Nothing. Nada.
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The parents of two children who died by AR-15 gunfire consented to having The Post visually reconstruct what the bullets did to their bodies.
A spokesman for the family of Peter Wang, a Parkland victim, said the "parents want people to know the truth" wapo.st/3JRkV4o
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Today is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, and I truly hate awareness days. But here are four things I’ve learned as an adult with CP that I’d like for people, particularly parents of kids with CP, to know:
ALT A man wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, and leg braces over his jeans, walking in front of a multicolored wall.
ALT A man wearing a light blue shirt, grey pants, and leg braces over his pants standing in a crowed where a Black woman is high fiving a young kid off to the side.
ALT A young boy wearing a white tshirt and plaid shorts with leg braces on both legs, standing next to some other kids in front of tall shrubbery.
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Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.
“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”
The inside story 🧵
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My doctor recently asked me if I felt like I knew how ulcerative colitis works, and I was like, "Doc, I am trillions of cells that have to work together nearly perfectly for me to be not dead. It's not that I don't understand how I'm sick...I don't understand how anyone is well."
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Seeking stories from women who have had experiences with #medicalgaslighting . If you or someone you know would like to share their story for my upcoming book, please reach out to iwasnotheard@gmail.com with the following info.
MUST BE 18+
Currently living in the US
Female/AFAB
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📻Today on Insight, we discussed Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s announcement she will not seek re-election, California’s declining birth rate, and an inspiring solo hike of the PCT.
@shiramstein
@JA_Davids
@BrandonCase101
🔊 Listen here:
capradio.org/news/insight/20…
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10 yrs ago we took our son to meet his known donor’s mom who was dying of cancer. Before, we hadn’t wanted our donor’s extended family involved. Going changed us for the better. Wish Nana could see him now. #loveislove #lgbtqfamilies slate.com/human-interest/201…
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Budding Journalists: We are pleased to be able to offer a disability reporting fellowship for 2023-2024. This fellow will arrive with our fellowship class in June and report to our National desk. Watch for applications to open as soon as next week.
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I’ve been heavily criticised for over 25 years as I’ve said the data supporting PGT-A is not robust. I feel bitter sweet that theres increasing evidence showing it doesn’t work. All those patients who paid for it. Many people have got rich. Stop exploiting infertile patients. – at East, England
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Something I've been discussing with pals:
Are babies becoming a luxury item? Because I'm ~30 and the only people I know thinking about having kids are on pretty spicy salaries or have their own parents helping
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I've worked with @AmberLeventry at multiple publications over the years and cannot recommend them enough—as a voice, visionary, editor, educator, empath...and non-alliterative fantastic qualities too.
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@JA_Davids tells @KQED why millennials and Gen Z are having fewer children. Jordan’s new book, So When Are You Having Kids is out now! @Stacy_Testa
bit.ly/3vZqHu2
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THUR we'll speak w/ @JA_Davids and hear why Millennials and Gen Z are having fewer children.
❓ Are — or were — you reluctant to have kids?
📧 forum@kqed.org
📞 415 553 3300
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