I don’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be a mom. When I picture little me, I see dolls lined up across my bedroom floor, Barbies with elaborate lives and stories, and little sisters who always had another game to play. I don’t know why motherhood mattered so much to me, but it […]
I had my first son in April 2021. I found out at 25 weeks that I had a short cervix and would definitely deliver early. I was put on bed rest and referred to Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto which is one of the best. I was seen by the Specialty Pregnancy doctors there the
On June 2019, after work, still in my scrubs I had a feeling I should do a pregnancy test. Once I saw the plus signs, I started to have an overwhelming feeling of anxiety, fear, and excitement. I wasn’t sure if I was ready to be a mother. I told my husband with tears in
My name is Abri, and my husband, Tyler, and I got pregnant with our first baby, Judah Tyler Frees, in October 2021, a few months before our fifth year wedding anniversary (which was in April 2022). We’d been planning for a baby most of our marriage, but had not yet felt financially ready. When we
In November of 2022, we found out five months after the adoption of our oldest son Theo, that we were pregnant with his baby brother Rowan. My husband Kyle and I were ecstatic. About six weeks prior to us finding out we were pregnant, we started working with a fertility doctor. I have PCOS, so
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
Before I start my story about love, grief, perseverance, and most of all ambiguity I would like to tell you a little bit of who I am and where this journey started. By 2023 I had been to more than 300 births as a doula, student midwife, assistant midwife and was now starting my primary births
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
Our baby Decklan was a literal wedding night conceived baby, my husband and I were married on November 5, 2022 at a beautiful beachside wedding in Malibu. Right after the wedding, I decided to go on a “Eat Pray Love” solo trip to an ashram in India. My husband was so sweet and supportive after
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