The first few weeks after finding out I was pregnant were filled with naïve bliss as we dreamed about a future with our little one. However things started to change after a work trip ended in me coming down with a stomach virus that caused me to not be able to keep fluids down. This
Vanessa and her husband, Jonathan, were unsure if they wanted to expand their family after having their first living child, their now 5 year old daughter, Lily but after she turned 4, they decided they were ready to add another child to their family. In the fall of 2022, Vanessa became pregnant with their second
The road to conception I met my husband April of 2018, and we got married May of 2020. I have always wanted to be a mother and my marriage gifted me with four stepchildren who I adore and love like my own. My husband and I never wanted to force them to call me mom
We were married in December of 2021 following an extended overseas deployment for my husband. We knew we wanted to start trying for a baby as soon as we were married so in the New Year, we went to the on-base health clinic and had them remove my IUD. We were told very enthusiastically by
I was single and approaching my 40th birthday. I’d been thinking since my last disastrous relationship that I should be prioritising becoming a Mum and it wasn’t until a friend suggested single mother by choice ivf that I started looking into my options. Fast forward to just after the first covid lockdown and my first
In September 2018 I had my very first frozen embryo transfer. We had one healthy female embryo transferred and a couple weeks later, after many years of struggling with infertility and dozens of failed fertility treatments, we got our very first positive pregnancy test. For 13 weeks we kept our pregnancy a secret. We joyfully
“She has a lung mass, and it’s pretty large. I want you to know that I’ve never seen a case of a CPAM this big with good outcomes.” As a nurse, I was used to doctors delivering bad news so matter- of- factly. It was incredibly hard to receive and digest, though. Alia Celeste was
In May of 2022, my husband and I found out we were pregnant with our first baby. We were over the moon. I will never forget seeing the word “pregnant” pop up on that digital pregnancy test. We called our family to share the news and celebrate, my husband surprised me with flowers and a
As I type this I am pumping, as I do every day, and have done every day for the last 16 months since my daughter died. Let me back up. My husband and I have been married for over 10 years and were blessed with a beautiful healthy baby boy in December 2015. It took
We were young and we had just moved in together so getting pregnant with our son, Enoch, was definitely a surprise to us. We weren’t planning on having babies yet but we were so blessed to be. We grew up together literally and were best friends. We were so excited to raise a mini us.