by Keira Sorrells | Aug 20, 2012 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU, Pregnancy & Bedrest
Parents of “typically” developing children will marvel when their baby takes their first steps and says their first word. And when their child graduates from high school it is a day of joy to be sure. Each and every mark is to be celebrated and should be. As...
by Guest Blogger | Jul 27, 2012 | Family Stories, Pregnancy & Bedrest
My husband Andre and I met a little later in life, and after realizing our dream of being married in a castle in Scotland we immediately began trying to expand our family beyond our two furry children, retired racing greyhounds named Holly and Nova. Fast forward a few...
by Katrina Moline | Jul 20, 2012 | Emotional Health, Pregnancy & Bedrest
My first pregnancy was planned. I was 29-years-old, married for seven years and healthy, healthy, healthy. We had a midwife and were planning a natural delivery at a birthing center. Everything was going along just as expected – until suddenly it wasn’t. At...
by Kelli Kelley | Jun 17, 2012 | Emotional Health, Pregnancy & Bedrest
I was ready for children years before my husband, Mike, embraced the idea. As I impatiently waited for him to give the green light, the ticking of my biological clock constantly rang in my ears. Looking back, I am so thankful he asked for more time – he instinctively...
by Dina O'Brien | Jun 8, 2012 | Emotional Health, Pregnancy & Bedrest
When I found out I was pregnant with my fourth child in February 2009, I was ecstatic! I always wanted to have four children and I felt like my family dreams were finally reaching completion. At 13 weeks gestation, at a routine sonogram screening, that dream was...
by Melissa Haber | May 21, 2012 | Pregnancy & Bedrest
I had a plan. I wanted two children. My first daughter was a winter baby, and after a gloomy postpartum period, I decided my second should come in the spring, so I could be out and about during maternity leave. When Lucy was two and a half I got pregnant, with a due...
