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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Recommendations from the archive

We recently re-aired some favorite episodes from our ongoing Sex + Parenthood series. Check them out in your podcast feed (the most recent eps before this one) or find the full series here.

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More Amanda Hess

• Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age (using this affilitae link supports the show!)

• Amanda’s work in the New York Times

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