My name is Aly, and I am a mother shaped by both love and loss. When I became pregnant with my daughter Chloe, it was easy. There was no fear then, only excitement. So when we found out we were expecting our second child, I felt elated that she would finally have a sibling to […]
After the marriage in 2019, Cleo wanted to start a family with her husband Nathan. After trying to conceive for a year without success, they went to the gynecologist for further examination. They discovered Cleo had a giant fibroid in the uterus, so it needed to be removed first. After the operation, Cleo discovered she
My name is Emmalee, and on March 3rd 2024 we lost our son at 33 weeks. My husband and I have a toddler and in the fall of 2023, our family was unexpectedly growing. We found out we were pregnant with our second child in August of 2023. Shortly after finding out about our baby,
Two years ago we started IVF in my home country the Netherlands due to severe endometriosis. We were lucky enough to be able to transfer 6 embryos. The 1st one was positive but unfortunately became an early miscarriage on the same day. I was more relieved that I had my first pregnancy ever, proof that my body works
First of all I’d like to thank you for reading my story. Hi, my name is Femke, I am 27 years old and I live together with my boyfriend Damian in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Our journey starts in October 2021. How it all began : In October we decided it was time for a baby
My future husband and I met in college marching band in 2010 and married in June 2017. After a few years, we decided it was time to start our family. I am considered high risk because I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in August 2013. We knew we wanted kids to be part of our
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After 5 years of trying to conceive, my husband and I welcomed our double rainbow baby Alden James on October 1st 2024! It was a very long road to get here and unfortunately, our story is riddled with infertility diagnoses and recurrent loss. After trying for a baby for 3 years, we lost our first child
“If it happens, it happens!” That was our mindset for about a year. We stopped using protection and just casually hoped a little one would pop up in my belly. At the end of that year, we decided we were absolutely ready to start a family. But we were a little concerned about why it
My husband and I got married in August 2020, when we were both 35. We knew we wanted to have kids, so we started trying right away. He was so confident we would get pregnant easily, but I worried, knowing that it starts to get harder in your mid-30s. After almost a year of trying
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