I had a fairly easy route to becoming a mom. My husband and I were blessed to get pregnant with our first son soon after we started trying to start a family. I had a pretty normal pregnancy until I was diagnosed with Cholestasis and induced at 36 weeks. After spending some time in the […]
I’m Jamie Massey, 43 years old, live in North Texas and host the Over 40 Fabulous and Pregnant Podcast where we share pregnancy stories of women over 40. Our journey started in January 2021 after we got married. I lost the first pregnancy early in October of that year and was pregnant the very next
My journey into motherhood started off… well… interesting. My husband and I knew we wanted kids. But I was starting to become hesitant about timing in 2020 when I was a full time COVID ICU nurse… I had two pregnant moms parish that I took care of. One with child and the others baby was
Beautiful Chapters in our Family’s Journey Being pregnant has become a big part of my identity over the last eight years as we grew our beautiful family. While I am excited to start the next chapter of our lives, I am also saddened that my chapter of carrying our babies is likely closed. Photo credit:
My story starts many years ago. When I was a teenager, I struggled with my weight. I was always the bigger girl in my classes, within my friend group, even within my family. My mom was a beautiful 5ft petite woman who weighed maybe 110 at her heaviest. When I went to the doctor around
My story begins in 2018, two years before embarking on our TTC journey, back when my now husband, Sean and I were still just dating. Today, we live in Atlanta, GA, but back then, we were living in Washington DC. Life was beautiful. We were traveling a lot, we were enjoying living in a new
I was single and approaching my 40th birthday. I’d been thinking since my last disastrous relationship that I should be prioritising becoming a Mum and it wasn’t until a friend suggested single mother by choice ivf that I started looking into my options. Fast forward to just after the first covid lockdown and my first
I always knew I wanted to be a mother. I never imagined the path to get there would be so challenging. My first miscarriage happened so fast I did not even get a chance to tell my husband before I lost our baby. I got a test and was shocked it was positive. I scheduled
My husband and I were married March, 2022. We started to try to conceive a few months after marriage. I was tracking ovulation and month after month, getting negative pregnancy tests. The first year was so hard. I desperately wanted to get pregnant and it wasn’t happening. My doctor told me I needed to wait
From a very young age Kristy knew her purpose in life was to be a mother. When she got together with her husband she was blessed with a beautiful step daughter and that’s where her mothering journey began. Soon after getting married Kristy and her husband began trying for their first child together. 4 months