My husband and I got married in August 2016. In summer of 2017, we began trying for a baby. We got a positive test in late September. We were overjoyed to begin a family. In November while lying on the couch I began feeling some super sharp cramps in my stomach. I got up to […]
January of 2022 we found out we were having our first baby together (my fiance has a 9 year old son and I have a 9 year old daughter from before we met each other). I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and I was kept on a strict diet and close monitoring with a high
My name is Angelina. I have three living children Lillianna, Samuel and Emma, and two angels, Jasmine and their brother or sister lost due to ectopic pregnancy. I found out I was pregnant with my 4th child on January 16th, 2022. I had a stressful pregnancy. If you’re over the age of 40, the conversations
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My husband and I weren’t really planning to get pregnant. Late 2021, I stopped taking my birth control, and we figured we’d see what happens. We were freshly married, doing well in our careers and in our first home. So, we were open to whatever came our way. May of 2022 we were surprised by
I became pregnant after only 3 months of trying and felt so blessed that it happened so quickly. I had a textbook normal pregnancy and was over the moon to find out I was having a little girl. We decided to name her Ella Rose. At 37 weeks pregnant I went into labor, exactly 20
Growing up, I had always known I wanted to be a Mom. I had some great women figures (including my own mother) in my life to look up to and aspired to one day be like them. Life takes you on different paths and it’s not always what you expect, at some point in my
Beautiful Chapters in our Family’s Journey Being pregnant has become a big part of my identity over the last eight years as we grew our beautiful family. While I am excited to start the next chapter of our lives, I am also saddened that my chapter of carrying our babies is likely closed. Photo credit:
Cameron and I have been together since our freshman year in high school, we are high school sweethearts who have been very much in love since September 19, 2018. Our first child together was miscarried in July of 2019, we were going into our sophomore year. We weren’t ready to be parents yet. The pregnancy
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My husband and I were married in 2016. In 2018 we got pregnant with our now 5 year old after 2 months of trying. The pregnancy was amazing…no morning sickness, no complications other than needing a c section. We decided to start trying for another baby in 2021. After 2 years of trying we decided
Vanessa and her husband, Jonathan, were unsure if they wanted to expand their family after having their first living child, their now 5 year old daughter, Lily but after she turned 4, they decided they were ready to add another child to their family. In the fall of 2022, Vanessa became pregnant with their second