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“I think it’s time to meet your baby.”
After over 2 hours of pushing with no descent, these were the magic words from my obstetrician that set my c-section into motion. On one hand, I felt a huge wave of...
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The day I knew I wanted to be a mother I was 10 years old.
I told my grandma, who is now 93 and still remembers, that I wanted four boys.
The day I decided to start trying for a baby...
Trigger warning: this post will talk about pregnancy loss and pregnancy after loss. If you’re not in a place to read this right now, I send you so much love and encourage you to save it for a time...
Grief. I know it well. We are old friends, Grief and I. We first got acquainted in 2015: the year we lost my sweet cousin Taylor and my sister-in-law Rita within a month of each other. Grief introduced itself...
October is known for being Breast Cancer Awareness month, but do you know that it’s also National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month? In 1988, then-President Ronald Reagan declared October a month to honor those who have lost children. Alamo...
It’s 2020. We’re in the middle of a global pandemic, social distancing has become something we accept, because at least it’s some sort of human interaction and if you’re friends are anything like mine, EVERYONE is pregnant. Between now...
A few weeks ago I shared part of our story about some of the challenges along my journey to motherhood. If you are in a battle with infertility, you are not alone! Making that first step to begin fertility treatments...
Having a baby can be quite exciting. From finding out you’re pregnant, to picking out the first items on your registry, each step builds in anticipation until the day you get to hold your bundle of joy. However, no...
Developmental delays. Loss of motor function. Feeding tubes. I wondered if the infectious disease specialist noticed my jaw dropping more and more as he spoke. Thank God he wasn’t naming the prognosis for my son, who was born with...
I just want to start by saying that I have not been pregnant or postpartum during COVID. I can only imagine the number of things that pregnant people are missing out on during this time. Partners at doctor’s appointments,...
I am a little more than halfway through my second pregnancy, and throughout this entire journey, I constantly find myself in shock over just how different it is from the first.
Now, before I go into how this pregnancy has...
My brother came to me with a concerned look on his face when we brought our first daughter home from the hospital, just days after she was born. "So, they just let you take her from the hospital without...
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