There is something on my mind and in my heart that I must let flow out of my fingers on onto this small blog post to share with all of you. The heart of Stillbirthday.com. I can not even remember the first time I had contact with Heidi from stillbirthday.com, but I know that she has forever changed a part…
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How {I Am Strong} Posts Began
Last year, I took a 20 day break from FB in October. I came back feeling unattached and refreshed. I found new inspiration in how to support, love and inspire women through Birth Without Fear. One day, in December, I felt prompted to share this… December 28, 2012 at 9:00am · I am strong because I had 2 surgical births…
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Diamniotic/Monochorionic Twins {I am Strong}
{Anneka} I am strong. I am strong because at 8 weeks into my pregnancy I began to bleed and thought I was going down the road to losing another pregnancy. After a trip to the hospital it was confirmed my baby was fine and not only fine…there were two babies. We were having diamniotic/monochorionic twins. At 12 weeks we were…
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Breech Birth Story {Frank Breech}
In 2009 I became pregnant with my second child. I was very excited. My first birth had gone very well, easy, no complications, no interventions. After birthing an 8 lbs. 1 oz. posterior baby boy after only 4 hours of labor and 30 mins of pushing, I decided the second would be out of hospital. We hired a great midwifery…
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Military and Loss {I Am Strong}
I am strong because at the age of 18, I went through about 8 months of my first pregnancy alone while my husband was serving our country in Iraq. I am strong because I was induced at 38 weeks pregnant, while my husband was home on R&R, and after 10+ hours of labor, I delivered our daughter via Cesarean because…
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‘Roommate Wanted’ {Going from One Child to Two!}
As I was washing laundry the other day, listening to my boys playing happily and giggling, it dawned on me that we had finally found our groove. My eldest son came into the kitchen where I was folding with an activity book and instantly started asking an array of questions, most of them irrelevant and having nothing to do with…
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Triplets Then and Now {I Am Strong}
Again, this image was stole, altered (our watermarks cut out). Here is the original and wow, what a mom! Here is her story… Meet Kylie Chloe and Cayden. When I was 19 I found out I was pregnant. At that time I was partying and worried about no one but myself and my boyfriend. At 7 weeks pregnant my jeans…
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Cancer and Triplets
This was recently shared on our Facebook page. It didn’t take long for it to go viral with at least 9 million viewing it and thousands of shares. It’s not surprising as this family is amazing. The mother’s words and the picture we shared were stolen and used on a spam page (as their own) along with other copyright infringement…
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Delivering Through Deployment {Army Wife}
My name is Chelsea Carey and my husband is active duty Army. He serves as an Infantryman and we were stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, but are in the middle of being PCS’ed to Germany. My first pregnancy was fairly easy and as a dance instructor, I managed to stay active and teach the whole way through. So…