Counting. It’s one the first, most basic skills we learn in school. But never did I think counting would be something I dreaded. I’m an Early Childhood Teacher and mum of 2 at the beginning of my story. My children had both learnt to count now. I thought the days of repeatedly counting were past […]
In June of 2022 my husband and I took a trip to Denver, CO to visit some friends. Little did we know, a few weeks later we would find out we unexpectedly got pregnant on that trip! It was very much a surprise as we weren’t trying. We were both excited and nervous as most
Project Rainbow – Baby Daphne – 18.02.2021 Poppy Walker In June 2019, I gave birth to my first baby, a beautiful boy who was the light of my world. We didn’t know he was going to be a boy. We had picked Daphne if the baby was a girl, but couldn’t agree on a boy’s
My name is Elizabeth and here is my story. Growing up I knew I always wanted to be a mom. Becoming a mother was a dream of mine. I’ll never forget the first time I got pregnant. I was 21 years old and in a long-distance relationship, I had just moved to a new state
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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
My fertility journey began nearly two decades ago when I was unable to get pregnant with an ex-partner. I endured heavy bleeding and severe menstrual pain since I started my periods aged 9. I went to the doctor where I was told there was nothing wrong. They said they couldn’t send me to a specialist
In April 2012 we heard the most wonderful news that we were going to have a baby sadly 3 months later we heard the words there is no heartbeat. On July 28 2012 Matthew came silently into the world at 21weeks. October of the same year we started Matties Memory, we wanted to give back to
Flash back to 2021 we found out we were pregnant. A little nervous cause my daughter was 9 months at the time but we were so excited for them to be close in age. And the fact that it was the first boy after SIX girls in the family. Everyone was beyond thrilled. With Maverick,
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
Early May of 2022, we found out we were expecting. We were excited to expand our family and for our 2 year old to become a big brother, and when we found out we were having a girl, our family just felt complete. During my pregnancy with Ellinor Ruth (Ellie Rue), I stayed active and