“But what if we get pregnant before May?” I asked my then-fiancé when we discussed stopping birth control about three months before our wedding. It was February. I wasn’t sure if I would still fit into my wedding dress at two months pregnant, and I sure didn’t want to risk it. After careful deliberation, we […]
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Going through a pregnancy loss is one of the most difficult things to go through. You may feel lost and confused or not know what the next steps are. You may want to try again for another baby, but are scared of having another loss. You are not alone in these feelings. If you have
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In 2019 I fell pregnant with my first child only to find out a month before I gave birth that it was triplets. It was a shock but I was excited at the same time. My pregnancy journey was not easy, I had every single symptom you can think of times a 100 and the
Holly-Rose’s Story All I ever wanted was to be a Mum. After me and my husband got married all we had been talking about is making our family bigger but we wanted to buy our house first and pick the perfect family area which we did. In the process of looking for our house we
Olivia’s Story When I found out I was pregnant in March of 2020, there were a lot of mixed emotions. Terrified, as this was the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, amazed, as I was diagnosed with PCOS at the age of 16 (and firmly believed I was unable to conceive), but most of all excited,
1. Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment?My husband, Eli, and I were on vacation in Kauai when we found out we were pregnant. Eli had proposed to me the day before, and I said “yes!” The next afternoon I
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My husband and I married in September 2018 and knew we immediately wanted to start trying to grow our family. We already had annual wellness visits scheduled and requested preconception work up while there. I worked in the medical field so I knew it was important to have all the information up front, especially when
Nick and I have had our fair share of hardships in our life together, and every single time we’ve come out on the other side stronger. I am a mom and he is a dad to our angel, August Anthony. Shortly after we were married, we became pregnant with our first child. We were over
My story is long, and winding compared to some who are just starting their journey. I met my husband when I joined our local Volunteer Fire Company. I was not going to date anyone……. well, 24 years later I guess that did not work out to well for me. We got engage on New Year’s Eve
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My husband, Matthew, and I met sometime in elementary school, we started dating my senior year of high, and got married while I was in college. We had always talked about having children and becoming parents. Shortly after we got married, I graduated college, we moved, got new jobs, and we thought this would be a good