My name is Rosie. I’m a firefighter and yoga teacher from the UK. I recently experienced my first miscarriage at 12 weeks, and I’m now on a journey of healing while hoping to conceive again. Going through this has opened my eyes in a way I never expected. Almost everyone I’ve shared my experience with
My husband and I have always known we wanted to be parents. In August 2024, we received our first positive pregnancy test, and lost the baby a week later. Late October, we were thrilled to receive another positive, and go on to have a healthy pregnancy. We were over the moon and so excited to
Ever since I was a little girl, all I ever wanted was to be a mom. After three early miscarriages, I began to lose hope. Then came my miracle—I found out I was pregnant again. This time, with every appointment, my baby continued to grow, and my hope grew right along with her. On July
Our journey to parenthood began in May 2024. I was young, hopeful, and completely unaware of how quickly joy and heartbreak can collide. When I found out I was pregnant on July 26, 2024, on my little sister’s birthday, it felt like the universe was giving me a sign. Even though my husband and I
My husband and I have been together since we met during our freshman year of college in 2008. When you are together with someone for as long as we’ve been, you have the chance to go through many life phases together and for over 10 years of this time we were adamant about having no
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A story of sixteen babies, a lifetime of hope, and learning to carry love differently In 2006, I was 23 when I met my future husband online. He was 32, and we lived five hours apart. Distance didn’t stop us. Within 21 days we had met in person, and two days later we became an
My husband and I got married July 12, 2023. We both had children from previous relationships. We absolutely loved our blended family and our 4 boys meshed together perfectly. As time had passed we realized that we had a missing piece and decided that we would like to have a child together. I was naïve
Rich and I got married in the hot summer heat in July of 2012, already pregnant with a surprise baby to kick off our journey to being parents. It wasn’t a smooth ride, but looking back and reflecting — it was by far the smoothest pregnancy I would experience. Having two boys, five years apart,
Ashley met her husband, Tom, in 2012 and they were married in 2016. With difficulty starting their family, they turned to IVF. After some setbacks, they had success. In June of 2019, they welcomed their first son, Benjamin, to the world. They hoped to grow their family further and unexpectedly became pregnant naturally. Unfortunately, this
On the 16th August 2021, our world changed forever. Alex was out and I was playing Fallout 76 on my Playstation with my friend Stef. I was having a big old whinge to Stef about how sore my boobs were and “stupid PMS”. “You don’t think you’re pregnant do you girl?” she says, and I