pregnancy
Growing your family, one baby bump at a time. All about the ups and downs of nature's 9 month miracle.
My IVF Journey, Part 1
Pregnancy... one of the world's greatest experiences for most. For those dreaming to become parents, it's such a joyous occasion when you find out you're pregnant. It's even super exciting when you just find out. Me... oh, that's not my story. My story isn't as easy as "Oh, I got off the pill after nine years and three months later I was pregnant and now I have a beautiful, healthy baby." No. Mine is going to take a little longer than that.
By Natalie Paez8 years ago in Families
Unworthy...
Beep, beep, beep. A blur of colored scrubs rushing around me. “Elizabeth, did you hear me? Your baby’s heart rate is dropping. We have to preform an emergency cesarean.” ‘No, I can’t lose another one, not again.’ That’s the scene I see every time I think of my son’s birth.
By Elizabeth Salazar8 years ago in Families
The 9 Month Itch
On August 12th, 2015 I found out I was pregnant. It was the happiest moment of my life. I was finally about to be a mother, something I've been looking forward to as long as I can remember. I was born to do this. Even my friends thought so, they always referred to me as the "mother" of the group and talked about how they knew I'd be a great mom. At 15 weeks I found out i would be having a baby boy! Just what I always wanted to have first!
By Heather Mason8 years ago in Families
Meant to Be a Mother
I have always know that, above everything else in this world, I was meant to be a mother. However, there were many times in my life when I questioned if I would be able to have my own children. It seems an odd thing to have always wanted to be a mother, even as a child. That is who I am in my soul, I am a mother.
By Kylee Darryl8 years ago in Families
Bump Ahead
Like you and me, we are unique individuals. So are the paths we walk in life. At the end of December 2017, I wrote a small article on jump-starting the new year. Wanting to follow through with my own advice and ideas, I set out a plan of all my goals for this new year. If you're like me, then you know not everything you try to plan will work out like you intended. So with that in mind let me go into further details about how I hit a bump in the road pretty early on in 2018.
By Not Important8 years ago in Families
My Childbirth Experience
For me, labour and childbirth wasn't as so straight forward as many other mothers out there. Mine was kind of planned, in the sense of I had a date in which I had to go in and be induced. I was having low movements from the baby so I told the hospital and they told me to come in to monitor him. They did say everything was fine and normal but to be on the safe side that I should be induced. There have been some cases in which this has happened to women, where the baby has moved less in the belly and then suddenly the baby has sadly passed away, so they just wanted to reduce the risk of that.
By Chloe Johnson8 years ago in Families
Moving Houses While Pregnant
Moving is stressful no matter where you are in life. There is the packing and the cleaning and the organizing. Then there is the loading everything in a truck, driving it to your new destination, unpacking, cleaning, and organizing. It is a trying time for most people. It is a hard time for most people.
By Samantha Reid8 years ago in Families
The Last Month
Being pregnant is a bit of a roller coaster for most women. You have morning sickness and hormone changes and body changes. You have new homicidal tendencies towards anyone who irritates you. You aren't sleeping. You aren't eating and then you're eating too much. You're out of breath, you're tired, and you're uncomfortable.
By Samantha Reid8 years ago in Families
Teen Pregnancy
In April of 2017 I found out I was 4 weeks pregnant. At 17 years old I was terrified. After weeks of my friends telling my to do a pregnancy test because my period was late I finally I gave in and bought one. When I found out I was shocked and scared; I didn’t think I was ready to be a mum (especially because I was sitting in the school toilets crying). The rest of the day I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I thought becoming a parent would be difficult but the thing I didn’t realise would be so hard was other people.
By Rebecca Hailes8 years ago in Families
Wanting a Baby at 19?!
What is wrong with me? Is it natural to have this need to have a child this young? I am aware that I am not financially ready to afford one, nor ready to sacrifice my body for a little bundle of joy. But I am so impatient to experience being pregnant and motherhood. I have to admit, my generation isn't helping my case. At least 1/2 of my friends are currently pregnant or already have their little ones. I am aware that they were NOT planned and they might not be as happy as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter might make them seem, but following their pregnancies throughout social media makes me envy them. Also, since I work in the early childhood education field, most of my co-workers already have children or are pregnant and are gloating in my face.
By Bella Poirier8 years ago in Families
First-Time Mom Overload
The minute you announce that you are pregnant everyone seems super eager to get you things. This is a wonderful thing. People love to buy baby stuff, for some reason. And people love to buy baby stuff for babies that they don't have to look after. So, naturally, you can get a little overwhelmed as a first-time mom.
By Samantha Reid8 years ago in Families
