The Longest Shortest Time

A Tech Writer's Eerie Bond with Her Fertility App


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Amanda Hess writes about the internet for a living. So she didn’t expect to form an emotional bond with a fertility app during her pregnancy. But when Amanda’s pregnancy got complicated, her relationship with the app got complicated, too.

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