By Shelby Masi I Knew Something Was Wrong, But No One Listened—And It Almost Cost Me My Daughter
After the traumatic birth of my daughter, I searched for others who had experienced vasa previa, but most of what…
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By Alison Brooks The Invisible Pain after IVF Stops
There is nothing “basic” about stopping IVF and returning to the so-called natural route. There is no guidebook for what…
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By Brittany Marie Hyperemesis Gravidarum Means I Survived Something No One Could See
My hands were trembling as I reached for the pregnancy test developing on the bathroom counter. It had been three…
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From a Mom Failed By the Medical System: Your Experience Matters
I was pregnant with my first baby in 2023, and my pregnancy was “picture perfect,” or so I was told.…
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By Dr. Pamela Ramirez I’d Given Up on Getting Pregnant‚ But Hope Had Other Plans
This is the story I wish someone had shared with me when I was losing all hope. I never imagined…
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By Heather Goodwin The Love Was Real for the Baby I Never Got To Meet—and So Is the Grief
Grief is supposed to follow rules. A beginning, a middle, an end. A reason. A name. But what happens when…
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I Wouldn’t Wish the Pain but I Would Wish the Perspective
Ten months ago, I gave birth to my miracle. She was born at 31 weeks after months of bleeding, uncertainty,…
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By Brianna Forsman Birth Trauma Mama, You Are Not Alone
To the other moms like me, You know who you are. You're the mom with the traumatic birth. The one…
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By Kamryn Higgins Pregnancy and an Eating Disorder: It’s Still Complicated
Something I never expected? For pregnancy to heal my eating disorder. Okay, maybe that’s not completely accurate . . .…
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By Angela Williams Glenn He Was Almost the Boy I Let Get away
After two kids, two miscarriages, and a journey through postpartum depression, I was afraid to keep trying for the third…
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By Renate Yotti I Had a Baby at 40 and It Changed Everything
Before I became a mom, I never considered myself a kid person. I knew I wanted a family someday, yet…
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Balancing Life and Loss
“Dance! Dance!” I sat on the kitchen floor in front of a dishwasher full of clean dishes. We had just…
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