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
I got pregnant easily, and very unexpected as I was just 14. Although this was going to be a life changing experience, I was so beyond excited and ready to be a mom to my sweet boy. My pregnancy was hard but easy. One because I was so young and lived in a small town
I had a perfectly normal pregnancy with my sweet Kaiden Zayne. When I found out I was pregnant I was so excited, even though it wasn’t planned I always knew I wanted to be a mommy. We were so happy, although pregnancy wasn’t what I expected it to be and was somewhat harder than everyone
My husband and I found out we were pregnant for the very first time 6 months after we got married. Just like any couple expecting their very first baby, we were blinded with excitement. Our first two sonograms went perfect. Our third routine sonogram around 13 weeks our sweet baby was diagnosed with a hygroma on the
We started trying to grow our family in June of 2021. In the two and a half years since then, we have experienced a second trimester pregnancy loss followed by 15 failed cycles, 5 failed medicated cycles, 3 failed IUIs, and a devastating infertility diagnosis of severely diminished ovarian reserve (DOR). After countless heart to