Hey there, it's Hilary Frank. Here at The Longest Shortest Time, we cover all kinds of stories about

parenthood and reproductive health. And we talk about kids of all ages. But when I started the show

16 years ago, I had just had a baby. So we've got a lot of stories about babies, and they are

some of my favorites. In fact, I love them so much. I'm going to be

airing one of those baby episodes from the archive every other week, and in between those,

you'll get a brand new episode. Don't worry, you don't need to have a baby or any kids of your

own to enjoy these stories. Happy listening.

Uh-huh. your own to enjoy these stories. Happy listening. This is Emerson. The sound you're hearing is from a video of him performing in his living room with a toy guitar.

He's like two feet tall, curly blonde hair.

And he just turned three in May.

This is Emerson's mom, Kylie.

He's an entertainer, for sure.

And this is Emerson's other mom.

Her name's Jenna.

If someone comes over to our house, we have kind of a sunken living room, and he wants to stand with his microphone, and he requests what song he wants to, you know, sing to and

perform to, and he makes you sit on the couch and watch him.

This is the longest, shortest time. I'm Hillary Frank.

Today we're telling the story of how this little three-year-old living room crooner was made.

We all know getting pregnant isn't always easy.

And when you're a person with a uterus in a relationship with another person with a

uterus, there's always that added question of how.

Like, how do you even begin to try to get pregnant?

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