Dear Baby Girl,
You are perfect in every way. We love you just the way you are. We can’t wait to meet you.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
That is what I have said to my baby girl several times since we found out...
I’m not proud to admit that I have pregnancy envy. I know you may be thinking, why would I be envious while I have 2 children? Well the truth is, it’s hard for me to not feel a twinge...
I know my last post was not a happy one as I wrote a letter to the baby I will never hold. But this thing that happened to me, I have learned, will be something I carry for the rest of...
You can’t believe your eyes; the test indicates that you’re pregnant. Your emotions are on overload. You cry, you laugh, and you can't believe you are going to be a mother. Early on, you hear the baby’s heartbeat. Later you hold your...
Disclaimer: I wrote this post soon after finding out the gender of my third child. I've had sometime to process my emotions. I'm happy to say that I am genuinely excited to add a little boy, especially one who...
Several weeks ago, I suffered my first miscarriage.
I was 5 weeks and one day pregnant. It was devastating and heartbreaking and although I am writing this post, it is immensely difficult to articulate my thoughts. But these are my feelings...
I am joining the ranks of the several other New Orleans Moms Blog contributors that are expecting. Our team is having a baby boom this year, and I am just about 14 weeks pregnant. So far it has been...
Sometimes life throws you a curveball. Between the kids, husband, work, home, trying to go to crossfit, and also fitting in time for fun, you tend to lose track of things. This happened recently to me. I mean after...
I am the 1 in 8 suffering from infertility. Looking at pictures of my family, you would have no idea. But it was a long and emotionally painful road to get to having the two girls I have today....
Just about this time last year I was preparing for my 30th birthday. I was doing my best to hide a pregnancy, as friends and family wanted to make plans for a big celebration. But there ended up being no...
We will only have one biological child, and I was happy to share it for #moms4moms day. I am here to tell you why I am more than okay with that.
Once upon a time, when Scott and I were...
When I was 14 weeks pregnant, I had preterm premature rupture of membrane. Without any amniotic fluid present, we were given less than a 1% chance of having a take home baby. After weeks of bed rest, our baby...
Life is always full of ups and downs, and the journey to and through parenthood has been no exception.
After 2 years of praying, shedding tears and undergoing aggressive fertility, my husband and I conceived our twins through IVF. We...
In our family photos, you see two smiling children. What you don't see is the absence. In another time, there was another child: my oldest daughter's twin. The sweet baby who lived in me, snuggled next to her sister...