9/8/2005 When I lost my first son, my senior year in college. No one talked about miscarriages. I had to deal with my pain all by myself. I was 18 weeks and just had a prenatal visit a few days. Being a first time mom I had no idea what was going on. My now […]
November 2021, I learned I was pregnant with my first child. Theodore Thomas was loved since the day I found out. I told my husband Sam on his birthday. We were both elated. My pregnancy for the first several weeks was relatively uneventful, despite having a subchorionic hematoma caught at 8 weeks that resolved and
We knew we wanted our kids a couple years apart, we had already lost a pregnancy to a blighted ovum, we had already had a rainbow baby. We wanted to try for our last child. Our son was almost 2. We got pregnant the first try. I was already considered high risk, I have uterus
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We got pregnant with our first child after trying for a few months. I had a very difficult time seeing negative tests and I also had a feeling that we had conceived but our pregnancies weren’t “sticking” so I believe we had 3 chemical pregnancies before getting pregnant with our daughter. My pregnancy began with
In 2020, right before the world came to a stop we found out we were expecting our first child, Juliette. We were ecstatic to become parents! At first I was cautious. I had heard of chemical pregnancies and miscarriages, but once the NIPT results came back cleared and we entered the second trimester we felt
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Miscarriage In December 2020, I gave birth to my first child. His birth was extremely traumatic and opened so many doors for me to educate myself before deciding to have another. A day after his first birthday, we found out we were pregnant with our second baby. This time around, I immediately reached out to
At 20 weeks I found out my son had a congenital diaphragmatic hernia and on further testing found he also had Edwards syndrome. He passed away when I was 23 weeks pregnant. I struggled to grieve and instead threw myself into the idea that I must be pregnant again and ‘replace’ the baby I had
My husband and I met in 2013 after he got back from his tour in Afghanistan (he is a Marine) a few months later we finally got together and started dating March of 14… In 2017 we welcomed our first son Preston! Complete surprise to us just dating but he is truly a blessing! In
I had 2 boys born in 2008 (Kadyn) and 2016 (Koltyn). No problems, easy deliveries. In 2019 my husband and I started trying again. I had an early miscarriage in Feb 2019, and then again in September of 2019. My 2nd one was full of fear and anxiety. I was making up reasons every 2 days to
She’s been through so much, her heart heavy with painHer spirit almost broken, time and time againSecondary infertility, a loss that cut so deepAnd then the loss of a child, during a pregnancy she couldn’t keepBut through it all, she held on to hopeThat one day she’d hold her child, and never let goAnd when