In the summer of 2021, I welcomed a healthy baby girl after a healthy pregnancy and a super quick process of trying to conceive. I didn’t love the newborn phase; for me it was mostly focused on survival and not as much “soaking it in.” Once my daughter was able to walk, I started to […]
My husband and I struggled to conceive, so we’ve been doing fertility treatments. We have been blessed with a son who was born in 2021. My husband and I cherish our family and decided we wanted to grow ours. We did a frozen single embryo transfer in February 2023 and that one had failed. We
On a cool October day in 2008, the doctor was unable to find my baby boy’s heartbeat during a routine check-up. Learning that I had lost my baby at 13 weeks was one of the most traumatic moments of my life. We had decided to try to miscarry at home, in the comfort of my
In honor of NICU awareness month this past September, I wished to share our story with our rainbow son Niklaüs. The name Niklaüs, of Old Greek origin, means “Victor of the People” and is predominantly used in German. It is a form of Nicholas, which is the first name of my husband and Niklaüs’ father.
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Elizabeth & Alex were married in 2017, and knew they were ready to start their family immediately. Elizabeth has PCOS, and her doctor put her on clomid right away. After a few failed rounds, she was sent to a reproductive endocrinologist where she discovered her hormones were a little crazy. She had a partial thyroidectomy,
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On March 17, we got the most amazing news; we found out we were pregnant. Lucky was our rainbow baby, which also perfectly falls on St. Patrick’s day, hence the name, lucky. She really was our pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. From the moment we found out we were pregnant, lucky
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On September 13, 2022, I experienced the worse pain you could imagine. I had been bleeding for a week, thinking it was my period. I carried on waiting for it to be over to begin a new cycle of ttc. By day 9, after dealing with heavy bleeding, horrible cramps, and nausea, I texted my
May 20, 2022. The date our lives changed forever. Our beautiful baby girl, Makenna Gwen was born with a squeak and a personality much bigger than she was, only being born at 22w6d. She was feisty, sassy, and filled out hearts with so much love. Unfortunately, her soul was too big for this world. She
Jemma and Mark’s story When we found out we were pregnant again we were completely shocked but after the passing of my mother in February 2021 we felt it was a gift from her to help heal our hearts. We were so excited as this was our 3rd child we have two beautiful boys already
“Light in the Darkness”by Gina R. Briggs Originally performed at Tallahassee’s A Walk to Remember, Oct. 2021Edited for Journey for Jasmine, Sept. 2023 August 12, 2021 was the worst day. That was the day we lost our baby, Poppy, and heaven never felt so far away. Once I knew what was happening to my body,