Truth. Trey’s birth story was the birth of my dreams. I had so many mental barriers and even traumas I had to overcome, but, once I did, I succeeded. His birth was quick, unmedicated, and the perfect Hypnobabies birth – just as I’d hoped. When I first found out I was pregnant with another baby …
You’ve recently heard our big news – I’m pregnant … again! Yes, that makes for three pregnancies in less than three years. To say I’m not ready for another pregnancy is an understatement. Regardless, it’s what God asked and inspired us to do. Truth is, we had wanted to wait longer, but we felt like …
On Wednesday, October 6, 2021 I had my 39-week appointment during which I had my OB strip my membranes. Due to my having had gestational diabetes, and the toll pregnancy was taking on my body, I didn’t want to go past my due date. I also wanted to avoid induction in the form of Pitocin, …
Here’s my “abortion” story. It was April 9, 2020 and Anthony and I went in for an anatomy ultrasound at almost 21 weeks gestation. There was no heartbeat. Our baby had died at least 2 weeks prior if not more. My body didn’t get the memo and was holding onto a life that no longer …
In January and then again in May I was asked to speak in two different meetings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Given the controversy our world currently faces, I feel it is time for me to share that message with you. You will find my style bold, a pattern I think …
Pregnancy after loss is like being on the longest and most intense roller coaster ride you’ve ever been on. You’re getting on the ride and you’re excited and nervous at the same time. As the ride progresses you continue to experience excitement and then also fear when you come to big drops, twists, and turns. …
Here I am at almost 4:00am on Christmas morning and it’s finally setting in … the fact that today would’ve been my daughter’s first Christmas. Yes, she would’ve only been four months old if carried full-term, but I still would’ve had so much fun buying her cute outfits and making her little stuffed animals, booties, …
Losing Adlee was incredibly hard and then there was a calm … a long calm. Feeling ready, my husband and I have been trying for almost seven months and well … still not being pregnant has also been hard. Put both of those together and you’ve got the perfect recipe for a broken heart, mother, …
To my ladies with PCOS … we have a problem or rather problems. Our hormones are out of whack creating all kinds of problems. We struggle with our weight, hormonal acne, we either are pre-diabetic or have diabetes and maybe even have problems with our thyroid. All of these issues lead to infertility, high-risk pregnancies, …
Tomorrow, August 24th, 2020, is our daughter’s due date. The only thing is, she won’t be coming because she’s already gone. I have experienced a lot of emotions with this day approaching. I have felt emotional because she won’t be here with us in this life. We never got to hear her cry, see …
If you are like me, you have a perfect angel in heaven. Maybe you have multiple. My heart goes out to you. I understand your pain. I understand your sorrow. I understand the love. I understand the sadness. I understand the need for answers, and I understand the quest for hope. I believe there …
I have been told that grief is just love with nowhere to go. What do we do with that love then? How can we give it a place to go so that, amongst the tears of losing a loved one, we can pick ourselves up and in a sense, move on? I will start by …