Mallory initially contacted me to take photos for herself, her sister, and her friends. In the end, there were four girls total in this group. Mallory, of Northeast Sisterhood and Birth Doula Services, is the one who got the group together and took all of the photos. The other stories included in this group are
Mallory, from Northeast Sisterhood & Birth Doula Services had contacted me about taking pictures for her sister, her friend, and herself. It grew from there into more women wanting to participate. This is the first story from this group of women. The other stories are from Angelica and Caitlin. Hi my name is Martha!
FIRST PREGNANCY Upon finding out we were pregnant for the first time, everything was exciting and blissful. I was so excited to set up the nursery, baby registry, plan a baby shower, and pick a name. We found out we were having a little girl and had an epic gender reveal party on the 4th
I lost my rainbow baby when I was only 7 weeks pregnant. I actually went all out with telling my husband that we where expecting what would of been our third baby. I even managed to keep it a secret for a whole week. We were planning our anniversary trip to Duluth/Superior
My journey to motherhood wasn’t what I expected. Like most others, in sex education class I was taught how to prevent pregnancy as though it was the easiest accident to happen. Never did I realize how difficult it could be for families to bring home healthy babies. My first pregnancy happened the first month we
Call it a mother’s intuition but I felt like something was “off” at my 20 week anatomy scan. I knew the technicians weren’t allowed to give out any information so she didn’t say much but something just didn’t feel right in my gut. I had my doctors appointment the following day and told my
My husband and I had been trying for a sweet baby since we got married April 7, 2012. We ended up using fertility medications and were thrilled to find out we were pregnant in July of 2015. Our joy quickly turned to sadness when my daddy unexpectedly passed away from a brain bleed he didn’t
Kalli, Lindsey, and Morgan are all friends and work together at Breathe Birth Care. They took their photos together, but I wanted to give them each a separate post to share their story. I’ve had 2 losses and both were completely different experiences. This first was a secret loss. I grew up in a religious
Kalli, Lindsey, and Morgan are all friends and work together at Breathe Birth Care. They took their photos together, but I wanted to give them each a separate post to share their story. *This story contains the subject of rape.* My loss story is unlike most. Hard to hear and hard to
Kalli, Lindsey, and Morgan are all friends and work together at Breathe Birth Care. They took their photos together, but I wanted to give them each a separate post to share their story. My baby died. “At least you were so early, that makes it easier.” “At least you are young.” “At least