“‘What about the baby?!’ The surgeon said, ‘Your baby is going to be okay.’ How could my body betray me in this way? I begged them to take both of my breasts. My baby’s steady heartbeat kept me going.”
‘I’m sure it’s nothing.’ She had a look on her face I’ll never forget. I got the call the next day. ‘It’s not what we thought it was.’: Mom diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant, ‘I found what’s important’
‘We took the kids Trick-Or-Treating and had fun being together. Little did we know, we would take our last family photo that day.’: Mom loses youngest son to SUDC, ‘My heart aches to hear him say ‘Momma’ one more time’
“Avery seemed to be coming down with something. All he wanted to do was snuggle and nap. He had a low grade fever but nothing alarming so we put him to bed like we always did.”
Friendship Looks Different In Your 30s
“Now it looks like ‘Ok, I’m coming, but I’m so tired I may fall asleep right in this glass of wine.'”
‘I like Mama’s milk and I cannot lie!’ Mom’s HILARIOUS take on ‘Baby Got Back’ is the breastfeeding anthem we all need
“My baby friends tried to warn me, but that milk you got makes (me so thirsty), ooh, you’ve got some smooth skin, you say you wanna fit in your old jeans?, Well, use me, use me, ’cause I’m breastfeedin’ groupie!”
‘This led us to a dark, silent hospital room on Halloween. We were supposed to be prepping a nursery and picking out names.’: Mom shares journey losing first child
“Instead, we hastened to name an already much-loved child that was not ours to keep. Every alarm bell in my body went off.”
‘He screamed horrible things at me, broke my wall mirror, cornered me and told me he’d murder my family if I left him as he shook a butcher knife in my face.’
“I realized I couldn’t remember when I last had a period. I took a pregnancy test when I got home. It was positive. I was pregnant. I was freaking out.”
‘If you and your husband were the exact same, you wouldn’t need each other. There are reasons opposites attract. When do we stop having each other’s back?’
“Is it when the socks don’t make it into the basket or the bathroom towel lays wet on the floor? Go ahead and pick up that sock, girl. Throw that towel over the rack. It’s okay.”
How I Remained True To Jehovah’s Witness Faith During My HELLP Syndrome Diagnosis
“‘She’s a Jehovah’s Witness. NO BLOOD, LET’S GO.’ I had faith that no matter the outcome I would be safe in Jehovah’s memory.”
‘This might sound like a weird question, but is he your son?,’ asked the gas station attendant, gesturing to my 24-year-old. We were in a town 3 hours away from where we live.
“I was surprised by her question, wondering how she would have been able to guess that. ‘Yes he is,’ I answered the young woman. ‘How did you know?’”
My Daughter’s ‘Tired Mom’ Costume Is Literally EVERYTHING
“She pulled this off perfectly!”