Amy Pittman was thrilled about her first pregnancy. She immediately downloaded a pregnancy app, and she was charmed when it showed her baby had grown from the size of a lavender bud to the size of a chocolate chip. When she miscarried, she deleted the app and the chocolate chip avatar, but the internet never caught on. Seven months later, Amy received a sample of baby formula. Although she had deleted the pregnancy app, the baby formula company didn’t know — and thought she was a new mom. She laughed — what else could she do — and loved the idea that her chocolate chip was out there, trolling the internet. After her miscarriage, Amy had a son, Simon. We check in with Amy about life with a preschooler, the lasting impact of grief and the strangeness of an internet that won’t let you let go.
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Anna Martin: From The New York Times,
I'm Anna Martin,
and this is 'Modern Love.'
A few months ago,
I got an email alert from my credit card company.
It told me that I had spent $400
at MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas,
which was impossible
because I was here at the office in New York City,
working on an episode of this show.
So I called my dad, freaking out.
And he was like, OK,
someone stole your identity.
Where is your credit card information online?
And I was like,
I mean, it's everywhere.
And it got me thinking about
just how much of myself, my personal information
is floating around on the internet.