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To the Mama Sitting in the NICU: Hold On

Imagine for a second . . . you’re 30 weeks pregnant. One minute you’re walking into a routine OB appointment, and the next minute you’re being…

I stared at the pregnancy test, my heart racing with anxiety. As I waited for what felt like hours, two pink lines became noticeably visible. Right…

That perfect little outfit. A soft, blue sleeper with tiny elephants dancing across. When I was pregnant, I thought about that “going home”…

Hi mama, You’ve been home for six months now. I bet some days it feels like you just left the NICU, and other times it feels a world away. You’re…

When I became pregnant with my first child after years of trying and lots of prayers, I had a picture in mind of how the birth would go. My water…

It’s a heartbreaking moment; a period in life where all hope is lost. A dark cloud of grief consumes you and a piece of your heart is gone forever…

It happens when I’m in Target, passing the baby section and see a couple excitedly scanning items for their baby registry. Or when I’m in the…

Early in the morning, while my husband and two other children were still sleeping, I would slip out of my house and make the short…

I trudged through those steel doors of the labor and delivery unit, my legs weak, my body unstable. It wasn’t the pregnancy weight that…