In June of 2022 my husband and I took a trip to Denver, CO to visit some friends. Little did we know, a few weeks later we would find out we unexpectedly got pregnant on that trip! It was very much a surprise as we weren’t trying. We were both excited and nervous as most […]
From a very young age Kristy knew her purpose in life was to be a mother. When she got together with her husband she was blessed with a beautiful step daughter and that’s where her mothering journey began. Soon after getting married Kristy and her husband began trying for their first child together. 4 months
Project Rainbow – Baby Daphne – 18.02.2021 Poppy Walker In June 2019, I gave birth to my first baby, a beautiful boy who was the light of my world. We didn’t know he was going to be a boy. We had picked Daphne if the baby was a girl, but couldn’t agree on a boy’s
Pregnancy is a beautiful and complex journey, where every decision and action a mother takes is carefully weighed for any potential impact on the growing life inside her. A pregnancy is also full of many different emotional, hormonal, and physical changes pregnant people must learn to navigate. Pregnancy often brings new aches and pains in
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My name is Elizabeth and here is my story. Growing up I knew I always wanted to be a mom. Becoming a mother was a dream of mine. I’ll never forget the first time I got pregnant. I was 21 years old and in a long-distance relationship, I had just moved to a new state
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I met my husband in 2015, got engaged and married in 2017. I also found out I got pregnant with my first son very quickly and unplanned that year as well. My pregnancy with him was uneventful. He was much bigger than we expected and made his arrival via an emergent c-section. My husband and
When I get that positive pregnancy test reading on that little stick it’s always in the back of my head all the what ifs that could happen. It’s a whirlwind of emotions. The uncertainty is beyond what I can fathom, but the reality is this… it’s completely out of my control. So in June of
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