“Congratulations. When are you due?” a woman asked me as I pumped gas. “Oh, I’m not,” I said. She gave me a confused look. “I had breast cancer,” I told her. “Oh, my God! I’m so sorry,” she said, ...

I just learned that I am pregnant, and I am elated! The problem is that I have a co-worker, “Colleen,” who has spent years trying to conceive and suffered her seventh miscarriage a month ago. In the ...