Songfacts®:

• Martie Maguire of The Chicks (known at the time as The Dixie Chicks) explained: "That song touches on the issue of infertility, which Emily and I both had to deal with. I think we feel a responsibility to break down some of these barriers - it's much more of a common problem than people realize. Someone the other day asked me if twins ran in my family. When I told them I did in vitro they said, 'Oh, so you took the easy way.' I couldn't believe they said that."
  
  Emily Robison: "We both got pregnant through in vitro fertilization, and people usually get all freaked out when we tell them that. I don't find it a stigma at all - people need to start talking about it, because it feels almost epidemic. And it's so wonderful that we have this technology." (quotes supplied by the band's publicist)
• Dan Wilson of Semisonic, who wrote five other tracks on the Taking The Long Way album, co-wrote "So Hard" with The Chicks. His own experience as a parent came into play: his daughter was born premature.