Growing up, I always believed I’d be a mother one day. When I was 28, I fell pregnant for the first time. I was scared and excited, eager to experience pregnancy and all that it held. But as the pregnancy progressed, I had an nagging feeling that something wasn’t as it should be. At 10 […]
In February 2016, my husband of nearly 3 years and I learned we were pregnant for the first time. We were beyond thrilled! It was fun having our own big secret. A secret we only got to keep for four short days. One day at work I began bleeding. The details of this experience are foggy,
Naomi’s journey to her rainbow wasn’t an easy one. Her & her husband of 16 years dreamed of becoming parents. Over the last four years they experienced 5 miscarriages & 1 ectopic pregnancy which could have claimed her life & left her with only one functioning tube. Naomi underwent two corrective procedures to even make having a
In March of 2022, after 11 years of no contact with my best friend from high school, he popped up on my “People you may know” on Facebook. I sent him a friend request and as soon as he accepted it, he started messaging me. We found out that I was still in Virginia while
Dear Last Rainbow Baby, Our story is a long one, but such a full one…There are many things we don’t get to choose in life but I know that you chose us as we chose you. I can’t wait to welcome you to the Grover family. You will be our last Rainbow baby. Coming before you in
My husband and I got pregnant very easily five months after we were married. It was a very complicated pregnancy. I was placed on high risk at 20 weeks. We delivered a healthy baby boy in October 2016. At the beginning of 2018, we decided it was time to add another baby to the family.
On Easter Day in 2022, I remember thinking to myself that I felt off. Different. So that next morning I took a pregnancy test. Pregnant. I remember being SO overwhelmed with joy, I was shaking, crying (happy tears of course), and was in agony having to go about my day like nothing was different. I didn’t tell
Paisley, Caleb, Rowan & baby #4 Our story starts back in 2020. My now husband and I had been together for 4 years at this point and I was pushing closer and closer to 30. I wanted kids before I was 30 but wanted to be married first and knew my periods were not super
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My name is Claire, and I had my first child in May 2020 after a normal pregnancy but quite dramatic birth. I then got pregnant with our second baby in January 2022. At 11 weeks 3 days, I went to a normal prenatal appointment and the midwife could not find the heartbeat. She sent
Growing up we never thought growing a family would come with so many challenges. People talk about how newborn days & terrible twos are rough but people rarely discuss the really bad parts. They don’t talk about infertility, genetic issues, pregnancy loss, or stillbirth. When we first decided to start a family we were devastated