We have couples that are waiting [for children]; it's not a matter of being short couples and too many babies.

It's not about them giving up their baby or giving their baby away, it's about choosing what's best for that child...and sometimes that's the harder thing to do.

If we saw a huge increase in cases--which I would hope that we would--we may need to hire more staff and that's something we'd be very prepared to do.

My plan is to have children and turn my back on work completely. When I start having babies, I'll have as many as I can.

We have to actually choose a name," Kane murmured above her head. "We can't keep calling him 'baby.' When he's fifteen he might resent it.

A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You examine every turn of flesh for precocity, and crow it to the world. But the last one: the baby who trails her scent like a flag of surrender through your life when there will be no more coming after--oh, that' s love by a different name.