Kathy Hanrahan Coverage

WRAL's lifestyle editor Kathy Hanrahan shares experience of toddler vaccine trial

Kathy Hanrahan's 2-year-old is doing a COVID-19 vaccine trial at Duke.

Kathy Hanrahan: Put me in coach

I'll never forget the look on my son's face the first time he played T-ball. He was filled with pure joy, and then he was out at first. His little face dropped. He looked like he could cry.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL lifestyle editor

Kathy Hanrahan: Taco Valentine

So every Friday I hope to make you laugh, think and hopefully not cry with a weekly post about life as a parent. Since all of our contributors are doing this Q&A about parenting, I figured I better do it too so you can get to know me!

Kathy Hanrahan, Lifestyle Editor

A new era begins for Go Ask Mom: Meet the new editor

Meet the new faces coming to Go Ask Mom!

Kathy Hanrahan, Lifestyle Editor

Inconceivable: Welcome to the world

Hayden arrived four days early, and not by her choice.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: The final countdown

I've reached the "every time you cough, you think your water might be breaking" stage of pregnancy.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Not every path to motherhood is the same

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL's entertainment editor and blogger of Inconceivable, has a 6-year-old son and is pregnant with a girl. She's gone through multiple miscarriages and has dealt with secondary infertility. There are different pathways to motherhood and different ways to define a mother, she says.

Inconceivable: Worrying about the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play ... and other reasons for not sleeping

Sleep has been an interesting topic of late for my family since the popular Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play was recalled.

Kathy Hanrahan, Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Our new normal

I've finally made it to the third trimester. I didn't ever think I'd get this far. After going through so much the past couple of years, it took a while for me to start feeling comfortable and secure in this pregnancy. When I started to feel the baby moving, I finally started exhaling.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Pregnant with the flu

Despite getting the flu shot, I still came down with the flu! It came on so sudden that I didn't even realize it was the flu.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: It's a .... gender reveal!

It took us three years to get this baby, so I kept telling myself that it didn't matter the gender. Even though I wanted a girl, I would love this baby no matter what.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Here's how I'm surviving pregnancy after loss

From the minute I got pregnant, I was terrified of losing. After successfully having a son six years ago, I had two pregnancies - both ended in miscarriages.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Somewhere over the rainbow

It has been quite an adventure. I'll start at the beginning.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Strength in numbers

A few weeks ago, I attended the Walk for Hope for Infertility in Raleigh. I was presented with the Community Advocate Award for blogging about my experience with secondary infertility.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About

Inconceivable: Stories about infertility resonate, draw honor

A big congratulations and thank you to Kathy Hanrahan, who writes the Inconceivable series here on Go Ask Mom.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Walk of Hope for Infertility raises awareness for fertility treatment coverage

Raleigh's first Walk of Hope for Infertility was held to support couples struggling to have a baby.

Walk of Hope for Infertility raises awareness for fertility treatment coverage

Raleigh's first Walk of Hope for Infertility on Saturday was held to support couples struggling to have a baby.

Ken Smith, WRAL anchor/reporter

Inconceivable: Where do we go from here?

I'm writing this just an hour before I am set to find out if this Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) worked. After two weeks of hell, I am at the finish line. But I'm terrified to have my bubble burst.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Frozen embryo transfer prep

The prep for a Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) isn't as intense as the prep for egg retrieval, but it is still a bit taxing on your body.

Kathy Hanrahan, Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Frozen embryo transfer 101

I had no idea that it takes about six weeks for your body to recover and "calm down" after Ovarian Hyperstimulation and egg retrieval. I really thought that I'd get my period and, within a month, we'd be ready. I was so wrong.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: One or two - deciding how many embryos to transfer

When we were planning to do a fresh IVF embryo transfer, we had planned to transfer two embryos. At one point in our conversations with our doctor, she said because of my young age of 37, I could have up to two transferred.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Getting my eggs retrieved

By the time we went in for egg retrieval, I was walking around stuffed. Not full from food - just full from the extra fluid in my body and the large number of follicles growing.

Kathy Hanrahan, Out & About editor

Inconceivable: IVF 101

While I had often heard about people opting for in-vitro fertilization, I never really understood exactly what it entailed. I figured lots of shots, plenty of science and a giant medical bill. I wasn't too far off!

Kathy Hanrahan, Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Inspiration from a stranger

I recently read a beautiful and heartbreaking story that I could relate to so much.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor

Inconceivable: Saline ultrasounds are the worst

To prepare for my upcoming IVF cycle, I had to have a saline ultrasound. If you haven't had one of these, I am jealous because I've had three and they made my uterus feel like it was going to explode!

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL Out & About editor