“I’ve debated telling this story. I’m afraid of being judged and perhaps even… yelled at. But my story is just as important as yours. My story is the one that no one talks about. My story is about being pregnant with a mental illness.” -B My story starts a good 10 years ago, when I was officially diagnosed with Borderline…
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Birth of Elyas {OP Home Birth}
Birth of Elyas Ali: second birth, second homebirth, OP presentation Thursday March 1st: Throughout the night I was having contractions. Nothing terribly strong, but stronger than Braxton-Hicks contractions. They were coming often and in a timeable pattern, so I got out of bed around 5:30 am and started timing them. They were coming every two to three minutes, and lasting…
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I Was A Teen Mom
Hi, my name is Christina, and I was a teen mom. I was the least likely person to become a teen mom. I wasn’t a trouble maker; I made good grades; and, I had the same boyfriend for two years. Yet, when I was 17 years old, I found out I was pregnant. The way I told my mom was…
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{BWF Self Love Project}
I decided to start a project. Something similar to our {I Am Strong} posts that we share on the blog and Facebook. What’s fun about this is it will be specifically for our Instagram. {BWF Self Love Project} We are encouraging mothers to take a step back, stop that negative self talk, and love who they are in the moment.…
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Three Breech Births {One Cesarean And Two VBACs}
My breech babies: Brooke, Brady and Blake. “The road to motherhood is not always a clear and simple journey. I learned this first hand as all of my babies presented breech. I do think more women should be given the choice with breech babies – it should be an option to birth vaginally. Where we live, midwife’s are not allowed to deliver…
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“Find a positive within this darkness.” | Infertility And Pregnancy
Thank you to Holly, for sharing your story and thoughts. When I was first asked to write this piece, initially I was overwhelmed… Despite being completely content with all of it in my head, how do I put the last decade of feeling and emotion into words coherent enough for people to read and make sense of? But after sifting through…
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Born Too Soon {A Story Of Loss and Life After Birthing Micro-Preemie Babies}
[Trigger warning: This post contains loss] A heartfelt thank you to Abby, for sharing your stories with us xxx In 2008 I was thrilled that after 3 years I was finally pregnant. My excitement grew when I had my first ultrasound and found out I had twins, although it was also tainted with fear. I have a congenital heart condition…
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Testing, Testing, 1-2-3 {A Journey Through Infertility}
{Editors Note: This story comes to us from Erin, a doula whose story we reshared on the blog not long ago. Her story of being a doula with infertility can be read here. Here she has shared with us her journey through medical testing to get to the point where she and her husband are now – knowing that IVF…
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I Am Strong because {A story of multiple losses to get to the Rainbow}
I am strong because at 21 years old we found out I was pregnant with twin boys. It was only a year before that I lost a baby girl at 16 weeks. Not only was I high risk for having a blood clotting disorder my twin boys were identical and shared a placenta. I am strong because at 24 weeks…