Pregnancy + Birth Stories

You never really know just how much you want something until you're told you can't have it.  At the age of 18, I was diagnosed with endometriosis and was told that the chances of conceiving were slim to none. ...

After two healthy, uneventful pregnancies I never imagined that an itch I felt in the middle of the night would lead me to fighting for my third baby's life.  I am one of the less than one percent of...

Jana's Story I was nine days past my due date and so ready to have my baby. Family members were calling multiple times a day by this point to check if there were any updates. I really wanted to go...

Before reading my story, I think it’s important you know that it has a happy ending. As I am writing this, my happy ending is sleeping soundly beside me. And yet, it has taken me months to finally write...

CMV is an abbreviation for Cytomegalovirus. According to the Centers for Disease Control {CDC}, Cytomegalovirus is :: One of the herpes viruses; this group of viruses includes the herpes simplex viruses, varicella-zoster virus (which causes chickenpox and shingles), and Epstein-Barr virus...

Ever since I returned to work from maternity leave with Skeeter, the comments started. "When are you having another?"  I actually don't mind innocent questions - the ones from dear friends or family or from those who don't know...

Pinterest has evidently discovered I'm pregnant. Every time I open the app on my phone, my feed is completely full of baby bedding {like}, baby clothes {love}, and lists of everything I *must* have before the baby is here {meh}....

Updated 10/15/2023 To my Little Bear, October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. It was established on this day in 1988. So, today I remember you. But that seems so ridiculous. Because I remember you every day. I remember how...

{Click image above for more posts in this series!} So, how’s the Spring Cleaning coming along for you?  Completely done…almost there…still working on it?  Don’t worry – I am too.  But if you are anything like me, the more you...

As a mom of two young boys, I am regularly asked if I’m going to “try for a girl.” So many thoughts run through my head when someone carelessly asks me such an ignorant question... First of all, I am fairly...