My partner and I met late in 2021, and began dating in 2022. About a year later, we found out we were pregnant. Shocking, to say the least because we were not even trying, but nonetheless we were both excited! We had already previously talked about wanting at least 2 children. We wanted to keep […]
In the Summer of 2022, I found out that I was pregnant. My husband Daniel and I were overjoyed, and enjoyed a healthy and uneventful pregnancy. At 37 weeks, I had a very fast and relatively easy labor. But things suddenly changed once my daughter was born. They placed her on my chest, and I
Finding My Rainbow Before I ever held my daughter, I already knew loss too well. I experienced five miscarriages. Five moments of hope that turned into heartbreak. Each of these left a mark (not just on my body, but on my spirit). I remember sitting in waiting rooms surrounded by other expectant moms, trying to
Our Story of Loss, Faith, and a Rainbow Promise Getting pregnant was not easy for us. For five years we prayed, hoped, cried, and questioned. Month after month of negative tests slowly chips away at your heart. We did fertility medications and walked through the emotional rollercoaster that comes with them. It wasn’t simple or
15 and a sophomore in high school, I found out I was pregnant with my first child. Scared and afraid, and just a kid myself. I chose to keep her, for better or for worse; she was loved and wanted beyond words before she ever breathed. From that first positive test, I knew she was
Sara Sharpe shares the story of her daughter, Everly Mae Jones, and the unimaginable grief of losing her at just 9 months old while waiting nearly a year for answers surrounding her death. In this episode of Finding Hope After Loss, Sara opens up about the trauma of navigating an active investigation while mourning her
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Finding out that we were pregnant with our second child, in March 2025, was such a surprise. Our oldest was 7 at the time and adding to our family hadn’t even been a thought. We were all so excited from the very first second to become a family of four. Big Sis was beyond happy
In August 2018 I married the love of my life, John after two years together, in a movie type whirlwind romance, we just knew we were meant to be together. We hadn’t planned on a family and weren’t even sure if we could have children as I’d had past ovarian cyst issues and was told
RORY’S STORY The month before getting pregnant with Rory, I had a chemical pregnancy after stopping birth control. We were told this could happen before hormones fully regulated. I conceived Rory the following month. The pregnancy was fairly typical—while I don’t love being pregnant, I focused on enjoying the positive moments since she was meant
Victoria and her husband Nathan waited two years to find out they were pregnant for the first time. They were over the moon excited and immediately in love with this little bundle. Her pregnancy went very smoothly, no complications, and around 13 weeks they found out they were expecting a little girl. The nursery was
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