Charlene and Owens’ story. July 18th, a morning I woke up to feeling a change in my body. It was a very positive feeling, my boobs were still sore and by today it would have stopped being sore because I would have expected my period to start and I was always dead on time. I […]
In May of 2020 we found out I was pregnant after about 5 months of trying. I felt so lucky to have gotten pregnant relatively quickly, especially with everything we had going on in our lives. COVID was brand new and my mom had just recently been diagnosed with Brain Cancer. I was so excited
My journey to motherhood began with my son in 2017. We became pregnant very quickly after deciding to start our family and were blessed with a beautiful baby boy. In late 2018 we decided to expand our fam and this time proved to be more difficult. Every month I was full of hope and every
We lost our third son, Julian Daniel, after surviving 36 hours at 34.5 weeks gestation. Neonatal demise is what they called it, and oh how those words still send chills down my spine even two years after his passing. Having had a molar pregnancy, two living sons and a miscarriage previous to Julian, I always
I’ve always hated the term “rainbow baby.” It makes me feel like I have to refer to my daughter as a storm. And although it was the darkest time in my life, the last thing I ever want to do is diminish her existence to a simple metaphor. Project Finding Your Rainbow has helped me
March 4th, 2017, the day we became members of the club no one wants to be a part of. The day we lost our son, our parents lost a grandson, our siblings lost a nephew, and our daughter lost her brother. I remember my husband leaving for work like he always does around 4am. I
It took us over a year to finally get pregnant. January 23rd: I took a pregnancy test and it came back positive. Later that day I took another one. Yep. Still positive! I was going to surprise my husband but somehow he already knew. We were so, so excited. We made our first
Grace The world just wasn’t ready for her. That is what I remember telling myself as I held my first daughter who was born sleeping. My story doesn’t start here, it didn’t end here either. I was 25 years old, married, and a mom to a son who was 2. I thought I was ready
My Motherhood journey is not my dream, but how it moves weaves me into the Mother that I am. I hold onto my first pregnancy, with my son Robbie, with the innocence many first-time mothers experience. His pregnancy went smoothly, until I needed an emergency C-section. Even then, that went smoothly and I’ve been growing
After years of trying to get pregnant we turned to IVF. A miracle. After only one round, there it was – that illusive second line on a pregnancy test. Twins! Text book pregnancy until a the scan two days before my elective c-section at 37 weeks. I will never forget the expression on the sonographer’s