“It did not look like we were going home anytime soon.”
‘I curled up next to my son in the hospital bed, careful not to disturb his chemo dripping into his body. We had been in the hospital for 28 straight days.’
‘The other day I read I was a victim. Because my son died, I am considered a victim. I threw the book away.’
“I never thought I would laugh again. I didn’t deserve it. I lost a child. I had no right to be happy.”
‘Lottie is my why. She is the reason I do not go out while sick and the reason (more importantly) I don’t take my kids out in public while sick.’
“Look at this sweet girl. Kids have died because they ‘had’ to finally leave the safe haven of their house, and ended up catching RSV from a shopping cart, or a visit to meet Santa.”
‘I throw organic produce and Goldfish crackers in my cart. I am connected to technology 24/7, yet limit my kids’ screen time.’ I Millennial Mom so hard.
“I treat myself to $5 coffees, and pinch every last penny I can using the grocery store coupon app. I order almost everything online to be delivered, yet can’t stand that Wal-Mart doesn’t have cashiers anymore. I am an oxymoron, yet not a moron at all.”
I thought, ‘Oh, I must not be as far along as I thought.’ But as time went on, I said, ‘Is something wrong?’ The tech said, ‘Yes, we should hear a heartbeat.’
“I was so excited to see my baby I thought NOTHING of this statement.”
‘He dropped to the ground, red-faced. Hands in a fist, pounding the floor beneath him. Tears flowing. How confusing must all this be for him?’
“You can imagine the response I got from him when I said no. Followed by no again. And then a very firm N-O.”
‘My uterus has not shrinked back yet. The sagging makes my C-section scar hurt.’ Triplet mom gets REAL about her postpartum belly
“I am surprised it has not gotten smaller since my last picture. Kind of disappointing, I must admit, and I am not too happy to share this picture.”
‘I’ve been counting down!’ It was my last birth. I never have to do this again, but I’m so grateful for the 3 times I have.’: Mom learns to soak in last ‘firsts’ with final baby
“I was still in the stirrups, getting stitched up, talking to my OB. She had no idea how much I had been counting down to this milestone. ‘I never have to do this again!’ She laughed and told me she’d never gotten that answer before. The last birth of our last baby. I had a ‘geriatric uterus’ this pregnancy, being 35.”
‘Right after my grandmother died, I found my mom in her bedroom writing down her thoughts. Through her tears she said: ‘You can read this when I’m done.’’
“I remember all the times I left my home on May Avenue, watching momma wave to me as I pulled away. I know how important that last wave is.”
‘Come on, of all people, you should understand why someone would want to abort a cleft baby.’: Baby has cleft palate surgery, ‘He’s the same boy we fell in love with’
“It was a shock. I didn’t know what I was looking at. There was clearly something wrong on his face, but I had never seen something like that before.”