My son Camden was born on September 9, 2017 and forever my life has been changed my life. He was my second child but first to enter this world on earth. My first pregnancy came and went. I found out I was pregnant with our first child and was ecstatic as any first timer would be. We had been trying for a few months and when I saw the word "pregnant" on the pregnancy test, I was so so happy. I decided a clever way of how I was going to tell my husband. I wanted it to be a surprise but also something that was right to the point. When I told him, he was elated and we were...
"Everyone says it takes a village to raise a child. Most people have villages that consist of mothers, grandmothers, best friends, or siblings. My village was myself and my spouse on a figurative island that existed 900 miles from the rest of our family. My husband served 7 active duty years in the US Air Force. As a childless couple we enjoyed the freedom and occasionally felt homesick. Then we got pregnant. Reality set in that we were doing this alone when we had to video chat to tell everyone about the pregnancy. I relied on almost daily phone calls with my mom and FaceTime to talk to my sister. But they still existed so far away from my...
"As I sit here on my couch writing my story with infertility, I’ve got my 12 week old twins beside me. My husband just left to take our almost three year old son to school. My story has a happy ending. I was already established with a fertility specialist before we had even started trying to get pregnant back in 2015. I had abnormal bleeding and my cervix and uterus were breeding grounds for polyps. Since 2014, I’ve had numerous polyps removed on five separate occasions. My husband and I began trying to get pregnant in 2015 and since I wasn’t yet 35, my doctor told me that we had to wait a year until he would initiate fertility treatments...
"There it was. Two red lines, indicating that I was pregnant. For most people, this is nothing but good news. For me, someone who had just lost a baby 3 months prior, it was a bit more complicated. Rewind to July 5th, 2018. I was 15 weeks pregnant with my first baby, and decided to fly to California to visit my parents for a few days. The morning started out like any other with my family; everyone wakes up, has a cup of coffee, then showers and gets on with their day. I followed the routine, and after I showered while drying myself off, I noticed my legs were still wet. Odd, but not anything to worry about. I continued...
The First Moments of Your Babies Life
During pregnancy, you sit for hours and imagine how your baby is going to look like and how will he or she feel the first time you are going to hold them. You wonder how birth for him/her is, how a healthy baby looks, how will he/she react in the early hours of life. Let’s answer some of these questions.
