On January 18, 2021 at 9:30 pm, Magnolia Eloise Abel, our first child, was born as a beautiful, sleeping angel. She came into this world with her mommy’s nose and her daddy’s long legs. Her sweet eyes and face are a perfect mixture of the both of us. I remember crying tears of joy when
In December of 2015, I found out I was pregnant the day before Christmas. I was filled with so many mixed emotions. I was worried what people would think since I was not married. It was hard not to think of this baby’s future, so I did. On New Years Eve, my partner and I
My husband Khye and I met in 2014 in Hawaii where he was stationed in the United States Army. We quickly got married 6 months later after moving to his next duty station in Colorado. We didn’t always talk about having kids at first but I knew for me personally it was because I didn’t
Before my son Milo, I had an early miscarriage, around 5-6 weeks. It wasn’t the smoothest, bleeding started whilst I was at work. I knew it wasn’t good! Once I got home and told my husband, I decided to have a shower and gather my thoughts. I had the urge to pee so I did,
Gender Disappointment is a term that is used to describe the feeling of sadness or anger when one discovers they are not having the sex of the baby they wanted. For parents dealing with this, it can be hard and even embarrassing to deal with these feelings. You may feel guilty because of the unexpected
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Jenna had her first miscarriage in January 2020 at about 5 weeks, and after trying to conceive for only two cycles. She and her husband received the all clear to try again immediately and then three cycles later, Jenna became pregnant once again in April. This pregnancy progressed further to 10 weeks but the baby
When a woman experiences a miscarriage, stillbirth, or other pregnancy or infant loss, it is only natural for people to want to say something. Though they may not know the exact words to say, they may reach out and try to say something they think would be comforting. Sometimes the comments can come off as
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Me and my husband Cameron conceived our son Cadence on our wedding night. Everything about him was so special from when he was conceived to his due date which lined up with my mom and daughter both having birthdays in the next two days respectively. Around 8 weeks I started spotting and over the course
Destiny was her name and she’s my only daughter. I remember how excited my husband and I were when we found out that I was pregnant. I was young and healthy and everything was going well with my pregnancy until… I remember that day, we were at my Grandparents house watching the Super Bowl with
Lincoln’s story I unexpectedly found out I was pregnant with my third child. I had a two year old and a 4 month old when I found out. I was stressed but reminded myself that God has a plan and this pregnancy happened for a reason. All of my appointments went well, my weight gain was