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“You gotta unplug sometimes”: Twitch streamer Fandy just gave birth on a livestream, and viewers can’t believe what they just witnessed

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“Peak boomer entitlement”: What are grandma showers? The latest baby trend sparks debate

Newborn baby, her mother holding a Blue Cross Blue Shield bill above her with $1.5 million NICU bill

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“Send it back!!!”: mom stuns TikTok with photo of her $1.5M NICU baby bill

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Left: 2 positive pregnancy tests, caption overlay reads, "Mommy who was the first person to know you were pregnant?" Right: Tweet reading "We need to go back to landlines and dial-up internet until we sort this out i’m not kidding"

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“Not your parents? Not the father?”: Woman says ChatGPT was the first to know she’s pregnant

Baby shoes on the belly of a pregnant woman. Reddit overlay reads: "Why can I smell death and pregnant women?"

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People are sharing eerie stories of smelling pregnancy and death before anyone knows

Left: Gender reveal party under caption reading: "POV I broke up with my man for 2 months and he went on a side quest to become a dad so now I get to help him raise a sweet baby girl." Right: Woman looking into camera and smiling

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“You owe her an apology”: Woman joins gender reveal for “side quest baby” conceived after 2-month breakup

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“What is this?”: Woman has a C-section while giving birth. Now she says something was left inside her

Riley Gaines reveals pregnancy announcement at Turning Point event. Simon Biles stands in the center holding her Olympic gold medal.

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“So rent free or…?”: Riley Gaines makes pregnancy announcement about Simone Biles

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People slammed “Xbox husband” for  wheeling console and TV into labor ward. His wife clapped back

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‘I can’t completely shut the door on my friends’: Pregnant woman refuses to have fiance’s friends over while pregnant. Is she wrong for that?

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Marjorie Taylor Greene churns right-wing AOC rumor mill with ‘choose life this time’ post

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‘I found out I was pregnant with my twins this way’: Woman has negative Clearblue pregnancy test. Then she takes it apart

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Woman says this type of pregnancy test is always wrong. She’s not the only one

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‘First Response has never done me dirty’: Woman says this type of pregnancy test can often be wrong. She’s not the only one

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Have you seen a woman get pregnant since 2021? Prominent COVID skeptic says vaccine eliminated childbirth

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