When I learned I was pregnant with Oscar Apollo, I felt deep in my bones that this pregnancy and his birth would be both very sacred to me and very different than the births of his other siblings. I did not know what this meant, but now I have a better idea. The first 16 […]
Our fertility journey started in 2018 after returning from our first big trip through Europe. After trying for 12 months, we decided to seek help. This is how I learned I had endometriosis and adenomyosis, and suddenly last 10 years of pelvic pain and horrible periods finally made sense. Then, in 2019 we gave up
I’ve probably rewritten this story a dozen times in the months leading up to sharing it with the world. How do you narrow down almost 5 years, 4 pregnancies, 6 babies, and a total life change in few enough words that anyone would actually care to read it. Truth be told, each of these 4
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My name is Kayla. I’ve been with my husband, Andrew, for almost 7 years now. In April of 2019, we discovered we were pregnant with our first son, Brady. We had no idea the complications I would endure. From fainting, to silent migraines, to ending our pregnancy at 38w1d with severe preeclampsia and our little
My fiancé and I have been trying to conceive naturally for nearly 7 years. In the fall of 2022, we started our IVF journey. December 9th we had our first embryo transfer. Little did I know, it was my perfect angel in the making. I struggled often from subchorionic hematomas with bleeding starting at
Their story began with a flicker of joy, tinged with apprehension, as Michelle discovered she was pregnant for the first time. Excitement blossomed in their hearts, dreams of nursery rhymes and tiny footsteps filling their thoughts. But fate, in its capricious way, intervened cruelly. Early in her pregnancy, Michelle faced the devastating blow of miscarriage.
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Pregnancy was not easy for me. I suffered only one loss, and granted others have had it worse, but it was my first pregnancy. That loss occurred in February 2022, just before Valentine’s Day. I went to the ER and found out I was having a chemical miscarriage, 1 week after. I was 6 weeks
In 2018, just 3 short months after marrying my sweet husband, we found a genetic marker in our family which meant that my husband and I couldn’t naturally conceive. We had just purchased a 6 bedroom house, so we were devastated. In 2023 we were finally ready to go the medical route, and did an
1. Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment? My husband and I were married for 3 years, together for 6 years, when we decided we would like to start a family. We always believed that if it was God’s will
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Journey through Loss1.Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment? My goal through parenthood was to space my children out by at least a year to allow my body to heal and strengthen but also to give that special time to