pregnancy

Growing your family, one baby bump at a time. All about the ups and downs of nature's 9 month miracle.

Postpartum Hair Loss: Vitamins to Help Restore Your Hair’s Strength
The postpartum period is a transformative time for new mothers, full of both joy and challenges. One of the unexpected struggles many women face after childbirth is postpartum hair loss. The hormonal fluctuations and changes that come with pregnancy and delivery can lead to excessive hair shedding, which can be distressing for many women. Fortunately, there are ways to combat this issue and promote healthy hair regrowth.
By John3 months ago in Families
Superstitions and Their Meanings
1. Visiting Cemeteries While pregnancy brings with it great joy, it does not protect the expectant mother from outside sorrows. If someone close to her passes and she is asked to attend their funeral service, a superstitious mother-to-be knows to respectfully decline. If she chooses to attend the service, she runs the risk of having the soul of her unborn child switched with that of an unscrupulous spirit.
By Tales from the Shadowlands3 months ago in Families
Navigating the Hormonal Highway: A No-Nonsense Guide to IVF Medications
If you’re embarking on an In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) journey, you’ve likely encountered the "medication mountain." It’s often the most daunting part of the process—a dizzying array of injections, pills, and patches, each with a specific name, timing, and purpose. It can feel less like a fertility treatment and more like memorizing a pilot’s pre-flight checklist.
By RSMCo3 months ago in Families
Threads of Life
A story about a pregnant woman’s strength, love, and survival) The hospital smelled faintly of antiseptic and rain. It was a quiet evening in the maternity ward—only the distant hum of machines and the rhythmic footsteps of nurses filled the air. Among them was Amina, a young nurse with gentle hands and steady eyes, who had learned that every cry of a newborn was a miracle—and every silence a prayer.
By Sher Alam3 months ago in Families
The Corruption of Childhood Innocence: How Modern Media Helped Rewrite the Family and the Iconic Berenstain Bears
There was a time when The Berenstain Bears stood for something good. It was a series that helped children understand responsibility, honesty, humility, and faith in simple, practical ways. The lessons were gentle and timeless. Papa Bear could be silly, but was never degraded. Mama Bear was steady, but without being domineering. Together they modeled respect, teamwork, and the kind of family order that reflected biblical truth: the father leads as the head, the mother respects and nurtures, and the children yield and learn.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Families
Triads and ‘Threesomes’
In June 2025, I got into a WhatsApp conversation with a person in disguise who, I then suspected and now know, was my twin half-brother. At the time of the conversation, he posed as a certain ‘Maryna Zhubryk’ — a real Ukrainian woman, no doubt, whose identity he used to approach and communicate with me. Our conversation took place during a two-year period when my half-brother approached me under multiple false identities, while I investigated our shared origins.
By Seraphina Michelina Aurelia Bogomolova-Huotelin3 months ago in Families
The Last Ride Home. AI-Generated.
I used to think my father and I spoke different languages. Not because we didn’t understand each other, but because we never learned how to say the things that really mattered.
By Saiqa Nazim3 months ago in Families
Stillborn but stilll born.. Content Warning.
This is a story about my personal experience with stillbirth and healing. It was early 2021 when my partner Jay and I decided to try for a baby. I already had two children from a previous relationship, Tyler who was 9 at that time and Keira who had just turned 5. Jay had no children of his own but was a natural step father figure with Tyler and Keira since he came into their lives in 2018.
By Catherine Norman3 months ago in Families
Freedom Without Consequence: The Lie That Destroyed the Family
Modern society claims to champion equality, but when it comes to parenthood, the system could not be more unequal. The law grants women near-total control over reproduction while holding men accountable for outcomes they cannot influence. This imbalance has produced not just unfair laws, but a moral double standard that punishes responsibility and excuses recklessness.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Families
"A Child's Prayer"
“A Child’s Prayer” is the name of a song that Primary age children (3 - 11) sing in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I sang it when I was that age. In the decades since then, it has gained greater significance for me. Without making any conscious decision to do so, this song has become the default soundtrack for suffering, and plays on repeat in my head when I worry. The special, sacred meaning it has for me I now share with my daughter and granddaughter. I’ll tell you why…
By Luke Haymons3 months ago in Families
My Family Is EveryThing For Me
Some people say happiness is found in wealth, fame, or success. For me, happiness begins and ends at home with my family. They are not just the people I live with; they are the reason I keep moving forward, no matter how hard life gets.
By Alpha Man4 months ago in Families
Your Family Is EveryThing
It was a cold December morning when I realized how much I had taken my family for granted. I was in my final year of college, living miles away from home, caught up in the rush of deadlines, friends, and dreams. Calls from home became shorter, sometimes ignored. I told myself I was busy. But deep down, I was just drifting away.
By Alpha Man4 months ago in Families