Postpartum Depression Blindsided Me
There’s no way this is postpartum depression. How could it be? I remember thinking this to myself as I received…
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There’s no way this is postpartum depression. How could it be? I remember thinking this to myself as I received…
Continue ReadingMy mom always said she loved giving birth, and she’d do it over and over again. Each time she said…
Continue ReadingToday, I walked into my 20-week anatomy scan alone. Before I kissed my husband and daughters goodbye this morning and…
Continue ReadingIn the midst of decluttering and cleaning, I didn’t expect to be stopped by something so tiny. A blanket. A…
Continue ReadingDear baby, I will protect you with everything that I have. You deserve to come into this world safe and…
Continue ReadingI went to my well-baby checkup today alone. I recorded the heartbeat for Ben to hear as this was the…
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Continue ReadingMy friends and I had our whole futures mapped out back in high school. We knew just what we were…
Continue ReadingThe nurse handed me a piece of paper with questions I had been dreading to answer. I put on my…
Continue ReadingTo my last baby . . . I knew you were my last. I saw the positive pregnancy test and…
Continue ReadingOur marriage has, overall, been easy. I don’t mean to say it has come easily—we have prayed over it, we…
Continue ReadingTwo of our best friends had a baby this week. As I humbly held their child, so new to this…
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