We had a hard time. That’s OK. A lot of people have a hard time. It’s the cruel joke of wannabe parenthood: You spend your teenage years—probably your early 20s and maybe much more than that—nervous at the prospect of accidentally conceiving a child, then, when you really want one, it proves to be agonizingly difficult. Like, it’s at least 10 times harder than finding a healthy salad at the airport. (That airport Cobb salad is not healthy—come on!)

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