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Sarah Preston Gorenstein is a magazine writer, editor, journalist, and digital content producer…when she’s not navigating the rough terrain of Working Motherhood. A former nightlife columnist and dating blogger for Chicago magazine, Sarah reinvented herself when she became a mom in 2009 and began chronicling her new life for The Parenting Post, blogging about all the issues that plague working moms today. She was a new mom while simultaneously serving as the full-time managing editor of Playboy.com. She worked for Playboy for nearly a decade, which never ceases to provide her with colorful material for her writing.

Sarah’s the beaming mom of a happy two-year-old named Preston, and just as she finally felt settled into motherhood she took on her hardest project yet—trying to conceive baby no. 2. Tune in to the Fertility Files every other day to read about Sarah’s personal, and often painful, journey going through secondary infertility.

 If you want to read more about Sarah and her adventures in parenthood, see an archive of Parenting Posts below. She also blogs regularly on her personal site here (www.thecosmomom.com), where she holds absolutely nothing back. Ever.

 


Friday, February 24, 2012 - 02:34
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
As soon as I stopped all the meds, after my embryo transfer was canceled during my IVF cycle, AF came almost immediately (literally days later). But since this time I wasn’t expecting to be pregnant I didn’t see it as a sign of defeat—I saw it as a sign that I could start preparing my body for a frozen embryo transfer. Read Full Post
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 19:44
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
With our IVF cycle in September I produced 33 eggs, 14 of which fertilized to become “perfect quality” blastocysts, a.k.a. day-5 embryos. Think about that: I produced 33 follicles in a single month, when a woman normally produces ONE. Read Full Post
Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 23:47
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Preston’s only 2 ½ so he doesn’t totally grasp the idea of a “sibling” yet, but I’m pretty sure he wants one. He’s always been very social with other kids, and gets adorably excited when we get together with our friends’ kids or his beloved cousins. I know the inevitable question is coming...Read Full Post
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 21:49
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
The truth is: I have absolutely no idea sometimes. But I can tell you a few things I experienced along my journey that might help you decide whether or not this infertility road is the right path for you.Read Full Post
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 17:21
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
I’ll go first: I used to keep my pelvis tilted and my legs in the air after sex, thinking that it would actually help…ya know…keep his semen from spilling out. Sorry, there's just no delicate way of saying that.Read Full Post
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 01:13
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
And I won’t judge you for not wanting more kids. I’m going to make this short and sweet: Some people want more than one child, and some don’t. It’s a personal choice, and it has nothing to do with feeling incomplete.Read Full Post
Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 22:02
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Our decision to try IVF next wasn’t an easy one, but we decided to take the big leap because there are better success rates with IVF vs. IUI—based on my diagnosis and age, we were given about a 60 percent success rate. Read Full Post
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 18:06
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
You never really know what someone is going through behind closed doors—even someone who conceived naturally once, like me, can be struggling to conceive baby no. 2. Here are some things you should never say, and a few things you should never hold back.Read Full Post
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 19:09
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Do you know what “DH” means? I didn’t until recently. Another bad side effect of the infertility process? The infertility message boards and forums that I’ve found myself on at 2 a.m. Read Full Post
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 00:28
by Sarah Preston Gorenstein
Once you start all the fertility treatments, it’s very hard to stop. For lack of a better way to describe it, it's like being addicted to drugs. You want to stop, but you can't. Read Full Post
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