pregnancy
Growing your family, one baby bump at a time. All about the ups and downs of nature's 9 month miracle.
The Loss That You Can’t Talk About
I would be 20 weeks pregnant with you right now. Half way through the pregnancy. Half way to meeting you. But I’m not. I’m not sporting a cute little baby bump. I’m not wearing my maternity jeans that I was so excited to wear. I’m not turning our guest room into a nursery. Because I’m not pregnant with you, anymore.
By Megan DeMeo8 years ago in Families
Emergency C-Sections
I went into my labour and delivery being afraid of the potential for a c-section. I had no plans on having one, but things don't always go as planned when you are trying to bring a small person into the world. So, as much as part of me feared the idea, the logical part of me embraced that it was a potential end to this sequence of events in my life.
By Samantha Reid8 years ago in Families
Go With the Flow
As I approached my due date, everyone kept asking me if I had a birth plan. People kept inquiring if I'd talked to my doctor about how I wanted the birth to go and what things I wanted done. The more people asked me, the more I realized that I didn't have a birth plan.
By Samantha Reid8 years ago in Families
How to Cope With Infertility
I'm just going to be blunt right now. A vast majority of the successful women online are what we'll call "mommy bloggers". Some of them are cute and sweet and helpful, but the ones I dislike are they who just complain about their children. I admit those particular "mommies" are funny at times, but I feel like they get a little too much attention. They are moms themselves, and yet they make motherhood out to be the worst decision of their lives. What kind of message is that putting across to the world? Is motherhood a joke? Well, it's not funny to people who can't have kids. I know plenty of women who deal with the same awful little word I do: Infertility. All of the negative vibes about how hard it is to be a mom just makes us want to scream. Those women don't know what it's like to try for a baby week after week, month after month, only to give up buying the pregnancy tests, and put all your hopes and plans aside. They have no idea how much it hurts to sit behind big families at church or see a mom with her little ones at the grocery store. How dare they mock motherhood when it is something so many women can't have. As a society, we have learned to talk down motherhood and to ignore infertility and it all needs to stop.
By Kathryn C. 8 years ago in Families
Deliver Me
My nine months of pregnancy was normal. I handled everything like a trooper, including a scare my doctor had given me at 35-36 weeks. At that specific appointment, I was told my son was turned "oblique;" a term which means sideways, literally laying from one hip to another. I was used to them saying, "Baby is head down, and engaged, meaning he was due to make his appearance soon." As usual, however, my child had to be stubborn. "The baby is turned oblique, and we're barely reading a heartbeat." My heart was stammering in a million directions, my mind was coursing through every possible outcome. I was prepared to be told to drive next door to the hospital to be checked into Labor and Delivery. My fiancé and I anxiously waited for the head OBGYN to come in and give us the news. To our surprise, however, the news was uplifting. Christopher (our son) was, again, head down and engaged. His heart rate was reading normal and a healthy speed.
By Lisa Taylor8 years ago in Families
Even Miracles Take a Little Time
We all know the rhyme. So why is it that I'm yet to finish? Welcome to my bare all story of trying to conceive. So a bit about me. I'm 27 and recently married to the love of my life. I guess you could say we were childhood sweethearts—I fancied a guy four years my senior and he didn't know who I was until I was 18—a modern day fairy tale! Years later, we met again in a local supermarket and I fell into total and complete love. I've never known anything like it. It's the most natural high you can experience and let me assure you, you never want it to end!
By Hannah Mulcahey8 years ago in Families
My HG Pregnancy
I have Hyperemesis Gravidarum, which is also known as HG. HG is rare and happens during pregnancy. It is defined as excessive vomiting during pregnancy, which causes dehydration and weight loss. HG also comes with extreme nausea which makes eating almost impossible when it's at its peaks. I was diagnosed at about 10 weeks.
By Alisha Miller8 years ago in Families
Miscarriages and Misconceptions
There has always been a great debate about abortion, long before Roe v Wade. Some people believe that it is immoral and that it is murder. Others believe it is a woman’s choice since it is their body. I am going to go into this from a male perspective and beyond.
By James Howell8 years ago in Families
Things You Should Never Ask a Postpartum Mom. Top Story - February 2018.
People think that they know everything about a pregnancy, whether it be because they have their own children, or just from second-hand experiences. However, this does not mean that you know exactly what to say to a postpartum mom. And most likely, the questions you have to spark conversations are ones that you should never ask a postpartum mom.
By Sherry Campbell8 years ago in Families
