pregnancy
Growing your family, one baby bump at a time. All about the ups and downs of nature's 9 month miracle.
Where Our Love Grows...
Laying on my back, legs in the air… being in this position was the closest thing Sam and I had to natural conception. I was starting to spend more time in this position with a doctor’s hands inside me than intimately in this position with Sam. I had everything crossed, except my legs which were uncomfortably forced into stirrups, that this would be the last time I had to endure the 180 minutes of total hell.
By Titanium Jen7 years ago in Families
My Life as Momma
My high-risk OB appointment was the on the twenty-second. I see her about every month, so we can keep an eye on baby's growth and hopefully determine when and if there will be any reason to suspect that things will get difficult. Well, I found that exact thing out at this appointment.
By Aaren Murphy7 years ago in Families
Head Versus Heart
Have you ever had something on your mind and needed to get it out? Well, that is where I am at right now. I have something in my head I need to share. It needs to come out before I crumble. Hard part about it is finding someone to talk to, so here I am. I was hoping to find someone not related to me, someone who won't tell me what they think I want to hear, but the truth. Someone not afraid to shake me out of this. I so hate when my heart and my head go to battle. I have no clue which to follow.
By Lilithea Adasia7 years ago in Families
2012
I don't know why miscarriage is such a taboo subject and why no one ever feels they can talk about it but as a miscarriage survivor (and yes I say survivor because getting through it is a battle), I can't talk about it enough. Not because I want sympathy or the attention but more because I want people to know they are not alone.
By Cortney Grezlik7 years ago in Families
My Life as Momma
This whole blog thing is definitely new to me. I have noticed I find myself questioning what to write about all the time. I question myself about why I wanted to do this in the first place or if I even made the right decision in beginning it. If you haven’t already caught on I question myself a lot… about pretty much everything. I lack confidence in myself in all areas of my life except about being a mom. I have known I was meant to be a mom since I was a very young girl. It’s all I could dream about. Of course, I had other dreams that every little kid has like being a lawyer or a doctor or a famous singer. But, I knew I would be a mom and I would be a damn good one. At least in my opinion.
By Aaren Murphy7 years ago in Families
Being a Young Mum!
I myself was a young mum. I fell pregnant at 17 and gave birth at 18. Now... there are a lot of bad opinions and so-called facts around the subject of being a young mum. Some say that, if you’re not a certain age or over a certain age, then you are more likely to be considered a bad mum!! From my experience, everyone is so quick to judge and add their opinions when it may not have been wanted.
By Charliann Nolan8 years ago in Families
Mums Are the Mansplainers of the Female World…
Before I start a #notallmums revolution (god help us) let me just say that yes, not all mums, but most mums to an extent, whether they mean to or not, just LOVE to 'Mumsplain'. I know that loads of you are reading this right now and you are enraged, you can’t BELIEVE I could say such a thing, but hear me out.
By Samantha Bentley8 years ago in Families
Overcoming Postpartum Mood Disorders Through the Help of Community
In 2014, I found myself unexpectedly pregnant. I struggled with the idea of becoming a mother when all of my dreams were suddenly within my grasp. My husband and I had just quit our 9 to 5 job, moved to a Hawaii, and had begun to manage a gym. Having a kid was not in my cards, and I knew that having a child was going to make a lot of aspirations take a back seat. I suddenly became very aware that I was unprepared for life as a “real” adult. My husband, in an effort to obtain better healthcare, went active duty military and deployed almost immediately. All of a sudden I was pregnant, alone, and feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders. I struggled with health concerns during my pregnancy, and I plummeted into an unspoken (and therefore undiagnosed) darkness. Looking back now, I know this was perinatal depression. I didn’t speak of it, mostly because the fear of being “sad” or labeled frightened me.
By Bree Scurti8 years ago in Families
Becoming a Single Parent
Single parenting is often the result of engaging in unprotected sex in the heat of a moment. For some women, this may be a welcoming life-altering experience although it involves raising a child alone. There are also those women who view this experience as unwelcoming because of the obvious changes and priorities must be reevaluated. I have often heard from my elders that the best way to avoid becoming a single parent is complete abstinence until marriage. Overall, I knew this belief was true because I had attended junior high school and high school with pregnant teenagers, most of whom had boyfriends who had abandoned them once they realized a baby was on the way.
By Nathonia Smith8 years ago in Families
