In 2023 we started trying for a baby. I have PCOS and had to use clomid and we were so lucky to get pregnant on our third round! Only for it to turn out to be a blighted ovum MMC. 3 months later (my first cycle back after the MMC) I got pregnant again on […]
When I learned I was pregnant with Oscar Apollo, I felt deep in my bones that this pregnancy and his birth would be both very sacred to me and very different than the births of his other siblings. I did not know what this meant, but now I have a better idea. The first 16
1. Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment? Getting pregnant was not easy for us, though we thought it would be. We spent a year after our wedding (which happened to be at the prime of COVID) tracking and timing everything. Eventually I scheduled
I got married when I was 23 years old. At that time my biggest dreams were to finish my studies, take a trip and expand our family. I always dreamed of having a boy and a girl. 6 months after getting married I started bleeding for a month without stopping. After many medical tests we
Our fertility journey started in 2018 after returning from our first big trip through Europe. After trying for 12 months, we decided to seek help. This is how I learned I had endometriosis and adenomyosis, and suddenly last 10 years of pelvic pain and horrible periods finally made sense. Then, in 2019 we gave up
I’ve probably rewritten this story a dozen times in the months leading up to sharing it with the world. How do you narrow down almost 5 years, 4 pregnancies, 6 babies, and a total life change in few enough words that anyone would actually care to read it. Truth be told, each of these 4
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My name is Kayla. I’ve been with my husband, Andrew, for almost 7 years now. In April of 2019, we discovered we were pregnant with our first son, Brady. We had no idea the complications I would endure. From fainting, to silent migraines, to ending our pregnancy at 38w1d with severe preeclampsia and our little
My fiancé and I have been trying to conceive naturally for nearly 7 years. In the fall of 2022, we started our IVF journey. December 9th we had our first embryo transfer. Little did I know, it was my perfect angel in the making. I struggled often from subchorionic hematomas with bleeding starting at
Their story began with a flicker of joy, tinged with apprehension, as Michelle discovered she was pregnant for the first time. Excitement blossomed in their hearts, dreams of nursery rhymes and tiny footsteps filling their thoughts. But fate, in its capricious way, intervened cruelly. Early in her pregnancy, Michelle faced the devastating blow of miscarriage.
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Pregnancy was not easy for me. I suffered only one loss, and granted others have had it worse, but it was my first pregnancy. That loss occurred in February 2022, just before Valentine’s Day. I went to the ER and found out I was having a chemical miscarriage, 1 week after. I was 6 weeks