Pregnancy + Birth Stories

As I type this, I am eagerly awaiting my little one's arrival. I have my hospital bags {mostly} packed and ready to go. I wanted to share my hospital bag packing list to hopefully help out some expectant mammas,...

Mother’s instinct. If you don’t believe in it, I am here to tell you it’s a real thing. I woke up one morning, 25 weeks and 2 days pregnant with our second child, and discovered some spotting. I didn’t...

As a fair heads up, this is one of those blog posts that I absolutely cannot believe I am writing.  Never in a million years did I think that I would open up this much with...um...the entire world wide...

Fertility After 35 :: Fact or Fiction? A woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have in her lifetime :: FACT A female is born with 1-2 million eggs. At puberty she has 300,000-500,000,at age 37 she has...

After my second child was born my family was fortunate enough to have a village of mom friends and families offer to bring us meals. I didn’t have to cook a single thing for over two weeks and honestly,...

My name is Melanie, and this is the story of my son, Witt... I have wanted to be a mom for as long as I could remember. My husband and I were married for two years when we decided to...

{Click image above for more beautiful birth stories in this touching series.} Mary's Story As a professional birth and postpartum doula, the myriad blessings and challenges of motherhood are my life’s fascinations. The beautiful and brave stories shared in this series...

I was sitting in my cubical at work when my phone rang. The ID told me it was my fertility doctor. It was our first insemination cycle, and I knew it was the results of my blood pregnancy test. I...

I don't think any pregnant momma chooses to be high-risk.  In fact, if I could go back in time and have a perfectly normal pregnancy with my daughter without preeclampsia, a NICU stay, and a resulting high-risk pregnancy this go round...

NOTE:: This post relates to women who have had one prior Cesarean delivery and a known lower transverse uterine incision. Putting the letters together! CD—Cesarean delivery TOLAC—Trial of labor after a Cesarean. This refers to the process of attempting to have a vaginal...