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The day my missed miscarriage came
5 years ago I was told I was unable to have children, and as much as I hated this I had kind of come to terms with it. Just when I started to accept it we went into lockdown due to the corona virus pandemic. My partner and I enjoyed the sunshine in the garden, each other’s company and eventually came out of lockdown with some amazing happy news; we were pregnant and happier than ever. Our parents were told but that was it as we believed it was best to conform to the stigma that you shouldn’t tell anyone before 12 weeks. I was eager to tell my friends and the rest of our families, so we booked a private scan and they confirmed I was 7 weeks. We saw our little baby with a strong healthy heartbeat. Tears flooded our eyes and quickly drowned our masks we were required to wear. We were elated and were confident to tell more people.
By Gemma Amy Fairbrother5 years ago in Families
Taking Care of Our Parents: 5 Things You Can Do This Week
As your parents age, you're probably spending more and more time caring for them. Even if they're still in good health, you may need to help them live a healthy lifestyle. Your parents may need help with everything from their health insurance to their diet. To avoid caregiver stress, taking care of yourself is also essential.
By Casey Chesterfield5 years ago in Families
Teen Mental Health
As a parent of a teenager who has struggled with her mental health for years, I found the following helpful. Parents who get stressed over youngster emotional well-being need not look any further. Real data can assist you with settling on choices that will really enable your youngster to be more joyful in their life. Teenagers are at the weak stage throughout everyday life and, as a parent, in the event that you search the net or converse with your companions, you will get a great deal of exhortation on the most proficient method to help improve your adolescent's psychological wellness.
By Mikki Ashton5 years ago in Families
What Effects a Child's Mental Health
It's significant for guardians to understand that they are in good company to bring up their kids. A kid's enthusiastic and physical advancement is formed by hereditary and ecological factors the same. Hereditary elements can influence a youngster's capacity to learn, play, oversee feelings, and communicate with individuals. However, a kid's domain likewise assumes a significant job in early turn of events. Think about all the individuals your youngster associates with consistently, for example, kin, family members, and different guardians like sitters, instructors, and social insurance suppliers. They each assume a key job in your youngster's turn of events. Moreover, social and financial aspects factors, for example, legitimate sustenance, lodging, medicinal services, and encounters at school and inside the network are continually grinding away to shape your youngster's advancement from an early age. A youngster's physical well being likewise assumes a significant job in their psychological wellness. Here are the nuts and bolts each youngster requirements for good psychological well-being.
By Mikki Ashton5 years ago in Families
Covid Has Changed My Life
I never saw it coming. My life has changed forever. This is a story about a beautiful and very handsome little boy my son Messiah C. Howard also known as Super Messiah. Four years ago we learned that my little man had a generational disease from his mother's side of the family. When Messiah was born we saw nothing of the disease even though his half brother died from it in the year 2005. When Messiah was being diagnose with this disease called Ipex we were told the only thing that could help save him was for him to have a bone marrow transplant this procedure will give him a longer life with out it he could die in his teenage years. So the search began for donors. In the meantime Messiah was put on a food source where he would have to wear a back sack everyday this is where his food supply would be to give him his nutrients day to day. The illness works on your body where you can"t gain weight. This little boy smiled all day everyday. You would have never known that he was ill he was a great little boy and very well liked by many. He was in the first grade at Victory Christian Academy which is located in Metairie a suburb of New Orleans Louisiana. He was a Honor Roll student since he started school he was also a great artist to be only 7 yeras old his art work was submitted into a school art contest but he was hospitilized and didn't make it. His sister was his best friend. Messiah loved his family and friends. We always made time to go to the park to throw the football and play frisbee He taught him self everything about football. He was baptisted right before he was to go into the hospital for the transplant. Months after waiting and hoping for a donor it was time to go back to the drawing board, his doctor wanted to test his sister. It came back she was a 50 percent match finally some great news. Reign was tested once before and found she is carrier of the disease just like her mother Toka Howard. So on March 15 Messiah was admitted in Children's Hospital. Messiah had all kinds of test.. He had to go through Chemo for 4 or 5 days to remove his Immune System to reiceive his new bone marrow from his sister. on the 24 of March he reiceived his transplant we were all there.. It was succesful..from March 24 to April 12 Easter we had so much fun while he was there his Mother stayed with him while I was home with his sister. she was doing online school. We visted Messiah and Toka everyday to bring food and fresh clothing etc. of course we were waiting for his points to go up also with his new Immune System. Messiah was a strong little boy he went through a lot and he never complained about anything .Then right before my birthday April 16 things changed they said he had a fever so he was to go through a series of test. It was determined that he had covid 19. How did he get this covig 19 ? He's been in the hospital. So we were all tested and all test came back negative. Someone up there had it and he caught it. He was still doing ok then his breathing changed so they started giving breathing treatments. Then they put him in a different room to keep down the germs. It started getting intense so they took him to the intensive care unit. Tt was really hard for my little man to indure all the meds and all the equipment. This process wore him down and he was so unhappy. I was up there one day to bring lunch and fresh clothing to Toka and she said Messiah look your daddy is here you want to see him he shook his head no. That head shake is in stitchedin my mind I replay it daily. My baby boy my handsome and very beautiful son died up there it was too much for a seven year old to handle. He passed May 5th. I really thought he was coming home.I would have never thought he wasn't gonna make it home. My daughter Reign is a hero it was a last atempt to save him with some of her white blood cells. Reign went to surgery the day before Messiah passed to help save her brother, But it was to late. Rest In Peace Messiah You Fought A Good Fight This Is Why I Called You Super Messiah..Missed By Everybody That Loved You.
By William Howard5 years ago in Families
Chiraq II
Chapter 2 "Ouch, Ouch! Momma stop hitting me with that belt," screamed Big Shorty. He and his mother were in the parking lot outside of the detention center. She stood with the passenger side door opened and motioned with her belt, "Get your butt in the car and wait until I get you home, you're about to get your butt tore up." Victoria was fuming.. "Forget this belt," as she threw it into the backseat. "I'm getting an extension cord or whatever else I can find around the house," she exclaimed angerly. There was a lot of cars honking there horn at them as the car swerved into traffic, with Victoria using one hand to drive and the other hand she was smacking Big Shorty on the back of his head.
By Organic Products 5 years ago in Families
Chiraq
Chapter 1 Each cell has a small sink attached to the top of a commode, a bed, a locker, and a shelf or two along the wall. My cell door doesn't have bars on it, it is a solid slab of steel with a tiny peep hole and a slot in the center of the door to pass your trays of food through.
By Organic Products 5 years ago in Families
