Our story. I had my first child Willow in March 2018. She was my first ever pregnancy and it was your typical run of the mill pregnancy. No complications, easy, uneventful pregnancy. Simple vaginal birth, no tears. No problems. The only issue was she spent 2 days in special care because she swallowed a lot […]
Still birth story of Adam McLain Mayhew On the morning of February 14, 2021, my son Adam McLain Mayhew was born sleeping. During the peak of the north Texas winter storm, I felt my innocence disappear in an instant. My husband and I had tried to get pregnant starting in early 2020, pre covid. In
My name is Paige, and I’m Gestational Carrier. I’m 26 and have 2 children of my own. I’ve always had a calling to help people in need. I have watched friends struggle with infertility for so long. I have seen so many other women struggle to conceive or grow their family. I knew that I
Our journey began 7 years ago in late 2015. I had recently been diagnosed with Hashimotos Thyroidisitis (severely underactive thyroid) and my GP had suggested we hold off starting a family until we were able to stabilize my thyroid hormone to give us the best chance at a healthy pregnancy. After months of blood tests
My husband and I have been together since we were 16 years old. When we were a few months shy of 20 years old we found out we were pregnant with our first daughter who was born in September 2012. We were still finishing college, but with the love and support of our family we
Christine Faith After the totally normal pregnancy and birth of our first daughter, we expected the same of our second child. Everything appeared fine until the anatomy ultrasound at 20 weeks. We didn’t find out the gender of our baby, but we did learn that the kidneys didn’t develop, which is a fatal diagnosis. We
I have always been a mama. I have always been the go-to family babysitter, the nanny, the camp counselor. Of all the dreams I’ve had for my life, being a mother was the constant. I went to school to be a teacher and majored in Child Development because I figured I may not always teach,
For my whole life I have had irregular periods. This made it nearly impossible to get pregnant. Finally at the age of 24 I met my husband. We were pregnant within 2 months of dating. We then got married a month later. October 2011 I was blessed at 37w 4d with my son Max! I
My husband and I had spent nights with our son while he was in the NICU, March 21st, my husband ran to the room I was resting in and told me I needed to hurry. I was confused, I felt the adrenaline hit and we both ran back to the NICU. We got to his room
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Motherhood changed me, but not in the way I expected. My first daughter, Aurora, was born still on September 17, 2021, at 8:08 a.m. Her name means dawn. Considering the new day she gave us, the name suits her perfectly. Even though she didn’t stay here physically, she will always be part of our family.