In honor of NICU awareness month this past September, I wished to share our story with our rainbow son Niklaüs. The name Niklaüs, of Old Greek origin, means “Victor of the People” and is predominantly used in German. It is a form of Nicholas, which is the first name of my husband and Niklaüs’ father. …
I had 3 chemical pregnancies before I got pregnant with my living daughter. My pregnancy with my daughter was fairly normal, until it wasn’t around 31 weeks. That was when I started experiencing high blood pressure and swelling. At 32 weeks, after catching my blood pressure at 140/90 at home, I was first hospitalized and diagnosed with …
Sometimes I think about the girl I was before miscarriages and infertility consumed my life. I wonder what she would be doing now or what kind of person she would be. It’s been almost ten years since my first miscarriage and yet it doesn’t feel as long ago and far away as the person I …
1. Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment? It wasn’t too hard for us. We did experience a very early miscarriage prior to getting pregnant, but we were able to get pregnant again on the next try. We are so …
My husband and I had spent nights with our son while he was in the NICU, March 21st, my husband ran to the room I was resting in and told me I needed to hurry. I was confused, I felt the adrenaline hit and we both ran back to the NICU. We got to his room …
In 2019 I fell pregnant with my first child only to find out a month before I gave birth that it was triplets. It was a shock but I was excited at the same time. My pregnancy journey was not easy, I had every single symptom you can think of times a 100 and the …
We had a completely normal pregnancy. The only complication we had was severe morning sickness in the first trimester. I had to go to the hospital twice to get an IV. I missed a lot of work. But it was worth it because I knew my baby boy was coming. Every appointment, every test, every …
My story begins back in 2016 when I found out on a hot July day that I was unexpectedly pregnant. I was nervous because I was not in the most stable relationship at the time, but I was excited because I had always wanted to be a mom. At about 8 weeks pregnant I was …