Early November 2021, my husband and I found out we were expecting our first child. After a few months of trying, we were so excited to have a little one on the way. Everything was going well, aside from some minor nausea and exhaustion. All our early trimester screens were coming back clear, with nothing …
May 20, 2022. The date our lives changed forever. Our beautiful baby girl, Makenna Gwen was born with a squeak and a personality much bigger than she was, only being born at 22w6d. She was feisty, sassy, and filled out hearts with so much love. Unfortunately, her soul was too big for this world. She …
Our story is a bit of a long one, with recurrent pregnancy loss and complications. I’ve summarised it as best as I can but want to add whilst there is loss and trauma, there was (and is) so much support and love from our family and friends. Maxx and I knew we always wanted children …
Our journey began almost 5 years ago when we decided we were ready to have children. I was 39 and Ty was 34. We’d been together for 3 years and knew it was forever. I had my IUD removed and thought everything would fall into place and be super easy. My first pregnancy was at …
I had 3 chemical pregnancies before I got pregnant with my living daughter. My pregnancy with my daughter was fairly normal, until it wasn’t around 31 weeks. That was when I started experiencing high blood pressure and swelling. At 32 weeks, after catching my blood pressure at 140/90 at home, I was first hospitalized and diagnosed with …
1. Describe the process of getting pregnant. Was it easy for you? Was it hard? Did you have to go through fertility treatment? We got pregnant on our first try! It was magical. Considering we were in our later 30s, I did not expect the ease. I remember right after we made love, feeling the …
My husband and I got married in October 2016. The day we got engaged it started raining right after he put the ring on my finger, then the day of our wedding was in the middle of a hurricane. They say a lot of things about rain on a wedding day, but it has seemed …
I started life off as an adult the hardest way possible. 18, with a newborn. My ex husband and I had an ugly, miserable relationship, but out of that bitterness I got my two sweet kiddos Sterling (10) and Colin (9). Years go by, life happens and my marriage to my kids dad fell apart, …
In November 2021, after 21 months of trying for our second baby, we finally got our positive pregnancy test. We were ecstatic and simply overjoyed. I always imagined having a large family and we were finally making it happen! I often play in my mind when my husband would come home from work in the …
Hi, I’m Chelsea and this is my wife Brittany and I’s fertility journey turned rainbow baby story. We decided we were ready to grow our family in September 2020. At the time we both thought this journey would be pretty simple. Yes, we had to have medical help getting pregnant. But hey, the ladies in …