I wanted to end our series for this month with a story of adoption that didn’t face heartbreak or obstacles along the way because I feel like the more sensational stories often get so much attention that parents wanting to adopt feel that there is no hope for an adoption that is not riddled with… Continue reading Adopting Aidan: Adding to Our Family
Winter 2012 The past 48 hours have been riddled with anxiety. One of my best friends was sitting, waiting, wishing for the opportunity to hold Maddie in her arms and know for certain that she was hers forever. In our state, a birth-mother giving her child up for adoption has 24 hours after the child… Continue reading I Won’t Give Up: A Contested Adoption
It’s not something they hid from me. I’ve always known I was adopted, so it wasn’t a shock for me at all. I can’t tell you when my mom actually told me. My mom had some type of ovarian cysts that made it so she couldn’t conceive. They were on the adoption list for a… Continue reading Adoption: Given A Chance
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou My husband and I have been trying for our second child for 18 months now. In that time, I’ve had 2 chemical pregnancies. If you’re not familiar with the term, it means this: sperm and egg met and formed… Continue reading An Untold Story: Breaking the Silence on Pregnancy and Infant Loss
My husband and I joke that our only child is our test-pilot kid: we do what we think we should be doing to raise him right, and if we make a mistake, we chalk it up to a learning experience for the next one (if there will ever be a next one). A very terrible… Continue reading Nursing Tales: Changing Course
Not all babies are fed at the breast, and that’s okay! A fed baby is a happy baby. However, when a momma wants her baby to receive breastmilk but hasn’t had success with nursing or can’t nurse due to medications or is adopting a baby, she does have options other than formula. Before I… Continue reading Nursing Tales: Alternatives
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