My journey to motherhood. For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a mum. My son Atlas was my 4th pregnancy after early losses. I wasn’t in a relationship with my baby’s father and he chose not to be involved. I was going solo with the support of my amazing mum […]
1. Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment? It wasn’t too hard for us. We did experience a very early miscarriage prior to getting pregnant, but we were able to get pregnant again on the next try. We are so
All I ever wanted to be was a mother. My mom was an OB nurse and for a lot of my childhood, I spent countless hours at work with her at the Labor and Delivery unit. I absolutely loved it. I remember being surrounded by mothers and babies, hearing the sounds of new life, always
At 36 weeks pregnant, my husband and I were devastated to find out that our baby had a brain abnormality which would lead to severe mental suffering in the unlikely event that if at all he would survive the birth. During an ultrasound, I was told ‘I’m sorry your baby’s brain hasn’t formed.’ I let
I waited years before deciding to become pregnant: I was waiting for the better job, the bigger house, the right partner until I decided to become a single mother by choice and started fertility treatments in 2018. My first iui was successful, I was pregnant only to find out that I had a missed miscarriage
Our story. I had my first child Willow in March 2018. She was my first ever pregnancy and it was your typical run of the mill pregnancy. No complications, easy, uneventful pregnancy. Simple vaginal birth, no tears. No problems. The only issue was she spent 2 days in special care because she swallowed a lot
My husband and I have been together since we were 16 years old. When we were a few months shy of 20 years old we found out we were pregnant with our first daughter who was born in September 2012. We were still finishing college, but with the love and support of our family we
Christine Faith After the totally normal pregnancy and birth of our first daughter, we expected the same of our second child. Everything appeared fine until the anatomy ultrasound at 20 weeks. We didn’t find out the gender of our baby, but we did learn that the kidneys didn’t develop, which is a fatal diagnosis. We
I have always been a mama. I have always been the go-to family babysitter, the nanny, the camp counselor. Of all the dreams I’ve had for my life, being a mother was the constant. I went to school to be a teacher and majored in Child Development because I figured I may not always teach,
For my whole life I have had irregular periods. This made it nearly impossible to get pregnant. Finally at the age of 24 I met my husband. We were pregnant within 2 months of dating. We then got married a month later. October 2011 I was blessed at 37w 4d with my son Max! I