“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
As I sit in my bed, after excusing myself from the mellow Saturday family hang-out downstairs, I am reflecting on “my story”. It’s easier said than done. Not only do I need to make physical time to write, away from distractions, I have to re-engage in the last year + of life-altering events. I have
I’m sitting here holding my bump, willing the little one (22 weeks – July 2024) to wiggle, so I can feel reassured. Today I should have been 40 weeks with my 3rd star in the sky. We are so incredibly lucky to have experienced a hoped for but unexpected, joyful pregnancy before loss. My boy
Wednesday March 22, 2023; the day we found out about you. After trying to conceive for what felt like an eternity, seeing that positive line was unbelievable. After enduring the heartbreak of a chemical pregnancy and a miscarriage, and months upon months of negative tests, we finally got our miracle – our rainbow baby. We
Eliza comes from a family full of reproductive and hormonal issues and was diagnosed with PCOS in her late 20’s. Married the love of her life, Jek in April 2023 Eliza got her Mirena IUD removed that September and started on prenatal vitamins. Got a positive pregnancy test and told just Hubby and Eliza’s Mum
Giuliano was born on August 31st, 2023, nearly a year ago. Sometimes it feels like it happened yesterday, other times like a thousand years ago. I met my partner 7 years ago in Malaysia. We came from different countries and had all odds against us ending up together. We had fun, we travelled, we worked
The talk of starting a family was nerve wracking but oh so exciting. My husband and I were ready to have a baby after years of dreaming of the “one day”. Surprisingly enough, our prayers had been answered fairly quickly. August 26, 2023, I saw the two pink lines and I felt my heart grow. I was going to
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 with my 1st was easy. We were pregnant by the 6 week checkup for the miscarriage. She turns 6 in January. With my 2nd rainbow we started trying September/October 2023
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I have thought about having babies ever since I was a little girl. I loved playing pretend with my baby dolls. In February 2022, about two years after I got married, my husband I decided we were in a place we felt ready to start trying to get pregnant. I had started a birth control
I’m Ashley. I’ve been pregnant 5 times. I have had 4 miscarriages and my stillborn daughter, Serenity. I was 28 when I first found out I was pregnant. I thought it was a joke cause at 19 I was told I would never have children. I was not in a great relationship and ended up losing