pregnancy
Growing your family, one baby bump at a time. All about the ups and downs of nature's 9 month miracle.
Infertility = Empty Shell
The day I found out my fallopian tubes were blocked by the HSG test was one of the most painful days of my life. To hear the news that I can not conceive a child on my own, my tubes are incompetent. The only suggested procedure was IVF and it was out of my league.... well out of my financial budget. The procedure starts at $10,000 a round and that doesn't even include the cost of medications. When I heard the news that they were blocked the room felt like it was spinning . I cried for hours and hours and felt no relief . To be a woman and know that I may never carry a child in my lonely whom is very devastating. I feel so broken and hurt, some days I ask God "Why me?" I feel as if I have let my husband down. I feel like a failure, this defiantly has affected my marriage. We do not talk anymore about children. I know there are options for adoption ; but that may even be out of question due to some personal reasons. I just hope and pray that one day I can have a child. He or she is already named and loved.
By Rayna Montano5 years ago in Families
The Birth Of Our First Child
It was July 12, 2011, and I was nine months pregnant. I had another two weeks until I was due with my first child. I felt like I wasn't prepared even though I watched and read all the books of what to expect during labor. It was my first child and I was so nervous. Do you blame me for being nervous? Everyone always talks about how labor is so painful. That is what I was nervous about. I wasn't nervous about having a child, I was excited to meet this bundle of joy that I have waited my whole life for. We knew that it was a girl and we had our apartment ready for her to come home. I just wasn't expecting her to come two weeks early.
By mz early2165 years ago in Families
Know Everything about IVF
In today's world IVF is a type of fertility remedy where fertilization takes position outside the body. Itโs fitting for people with a broad variety of fertility problems and is one of the most generally used and successful procedures possible for common people. IVF is a common treatment for people who are unable to conceive naturally. Normally, in IVF, the woman has fertility hormones to excite the ovaries to create some eggs. The eggs are then gathered and processed with sperm in a laboratory.
By Arpit Sinha5 years ago in Families
Just who is having this baby anyway?
The big day approaches, and everything is ready. All the newborn accoutrements are all in their designated places. You have a fresh supply of diapers, wipes, high octane coffee for your significant other, and bags packed for the trip to the delivery room. That's when the question gets dropped, "who is allowed in the delivery room?" Your mother-in-law asks to be in the delivery room. For a minute, you don't know what to think or how to respond.
By Texas Christie5 years ago in Families
Now we are Outnumbered...
So we did it. We had the open conversation that most couples come to in their life...do we have more kids? So we had it and two months later, during a world-wide pandemic nonetheless, we found out that our family of four was growing. Trust me- we our ecstatic, but stressed. See we aren't just officially joining the "Outnumbered by Kid's Club". We are also taking a very nerve-wrecking journey into an unknown season of life.
By Ashleigh Corbin5 years ago in Families
Meet Our New Born Baby Lio Vlog
A lot of babies were being delivered at Eden Medical Center during our stay there due to the fact that we waited about 12 hours to get a non-triage room. At least, everybody were following safety precautions to prevent the spread of covid by not letting anyone in besides the person going into labor and the husband or partner. Theyโre also not letting anyone in again once they come out of the building so we were stuck there for about 2 days. Huge thank you to all of the front liner staffs and healthcare professionals of Castro Valley Eden Medical Center & Alta Bates of Berkeley who did everything they can to ensure a safe delivery of our child (Born on 09/05/20 around 5am @ 40 weeks, 6lbs & 2.6oz) and for making sure that our little one Rogelio Stephen Cristi aka โlucky Lioโ (Rogelio is based on my grandpaโs name on my motherโs side who passed away, Stephen is based on my wifeโs grandpa's name on her father's side who is still alive today & he's part Japanese, Guamanian, Irish, Scottish, French, German and Filipino) gets everything that he needs to be in the very best condition (He was taken to NICU immediately as he had some fluid in his lungs that might have caused brain injury so they had to suck that out with a tube, gave him some oxygen while making sure his sugar, gas & acidosis in his blood is reduced & eliminated. They had to put him on a cooling blanket for a little bit to help with the brain development and needed to do an MRI to make sure nothing went wrong on his brain when he had fluid in his lungs which could've made it complicated for the oxygen to reach the brain) Lio is progressing so much day after day since he was sent to NICU a few hours after his birth. He was already looking chubbier and was off his oxygen on day 3 and has been feeding on some of her mother's breast-milk little by little on a daily basis until his body gets used to getting more breast-milk that his mother is able to produce more and more. He's also able to poo & pee which means his kidneys & gut works! Thankfully, I used to be a Certified Nurse Assistant so diaper changing and caring for a little human is second nature.
By Hobbies โข Skills โข Talents โข Passion โข Profession5 years ago in Families
Why Not Me
Its been 4 years since I first started IVF. In the beginning it was scary, embarrassing and just felt not normal. During the process my thoughts about it shifted to, amazed, happy, hopeful and joyful. Towards the end I became depressed, angry and confused. Today I am gracefully broken and ready to share my story with others who may be struggling with faith and hope or that may have lost the desire to keep going. My name is Gina Few. Marie Love is my FB name.
By Marie Love5 years ago in Families
