by Guest Blogger | Mar 25, 2015 | Emotional Health
It’s been over two years since my daughter’s traumatic and extremely premature birth, and I’m just now realizing that I might suffer from a form of PTSD. According to the Mayo Clinic, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms may start within three...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 4, 2013 | Family Stories
After 7 years of infertility and a miscarriage, my husband and I were ecstatic to learn that we were pregnant with twins. I had a hard pregnancy. I had a sub chorionic hemorrhage, placenta previa, shortening cervix, and constant bleeding. But I was diligent at taking...
by Guest Blogger | Sep 6, 2013 | Family Stories, NICU Life, Pregnancy & Bedrest
What were the circumstances surrounding your child’s birth? I was diagnosed with 100% placenta previa at 17 weeks pregnant after a major hemorrhage while on a school field trip with my high school students. I was in and out of the hospital on bed rest and had three...
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...
