My husband and I met in college our freshman year and by the summer of 2013 we had become a couple. Fast forward to December 2017, we got married in the backyard of my nana’s house with our parents, siblings, grandparents, and a few friends in attendance. Now, I have always wanted kids. I was […]
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9/8/2005 When I lost my first son, my senior year in college. No one talked about miscarriages. I had to deal with my pain all by myself. I was 18 weeks and just had a prenatal visit a few days. Being a first time mom I had no idea what was going on. My now
November 2021, I learned I was pregnant with my first child. Theodore Thomas was loved since the day I found out. I told my husband Sam on his birthday. We were both elated. My pregnancy for the first several weeks was relatively uneventful, despite having a subchorionic hematoma caught at 8 weeks that resolved and
I didn’t know I wanted to get married and have kids until I met my husband. He didn’t need to change my mind or convince me. I just knew I wanted a different life than I imagined with him. I knew he’d be the best father ever and be the favorite parent. 7 years later, (2)
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We knew we wanted our kids a couple years apart, we had already lost a pregnancy to a blighted ovum, we had already had a rainbow baby. We wanted to try for our last child. Our son was almost 2. We got pregnant the first try. I was already considered high risk, I have uterus
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In 2015, after being married a few years, my husband and I decided to try for our first baby. We had always thought when the time was right it’d be rather easy for us to get pregnant but after not trying for almost a year without any luck, I decided to seek out the help
We got pregnant with our first child after trying for a few months. I had a very difficult time seeing negative tests and I also had a feeling that we had conceived but our pregnancies weren’t “sticking” so I believe we had 3 chemical pregnancies before getting pregnant with our daughter. My pregnancy began with
In 2020, right before the world came to a stop we found out we were expecting our first child, Juliette. We were ecstatic to become parents! At first I was cautious. I had heard of chemical pregnancies and miscarriages, but once the NIPT results came back cleared and we entered the second trimester we felt
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Miscarriage In December 2020, I gave birth to my first child. His birth was extremely traumatic and opened so many doors for me to educate myself before deciding to have another. A day after his first birthday, we found out we were pregnant with our second baby. This time around, I immediately reached out to
Pregnancy is a time of big physical changes for your body. You are growing a baby after all! As your uterus expands, it puts pressure on your veins. This can cause blood pools in your feet and lower legs, which can lead to swelling (edema), varicose veins, and other issues. Swelling is one of the
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