“It feels like life just didn’t exist before this. Who knew before I was even healed from my C-section incision, my husband and I would be going to a funeral home to discuss cremation options for our 2-week-old baby girl?”
‘She was fighting to stay alive, but couldn’t fight anymore.’: Mom details NICU life with twins, tragic loss of 15-day-old daughter
‘Nothing about this was what I expected.’: Mom shares twin pregnancy journey ending in emergency C-section
“When he came into the room he said, ‘How are you?’ I hugged him and said, ‘I’m so scared.’ I was not ready and my babies certainly weren’t either.”
Mom Of 3 Can’t Contain Joy After Surprise Baby With Down Syndrome In Mid-Forties
“It’s a privilege to love someone with Down syndrome. But to be loved BY someone with Down syndrome, now that is just pure magic.”
‘I was a binge drinker with no off-switch.’: Mom shares road to recovery after years of ‘problems with alcohol’
“I’ve figured out who I am without alcohol. I feel like I’ve found the secret to my life.”
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Please remember you are not the only one navigating these difficult situations, and there is a community of other blended families happy to support you, guide you, and cheer you on!
‘You will get your heart broken. Not might, will.’: Foster mom shares heartwarming adoption after infertility, heartbreak
“We all gave Addie one last hug and kiss, as we sobbed getting back into the minivan we had purchased that summer to fit all of the kids. The heartbreak DCS warned us about was happening and it was awful.”
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‘I’m sure he’s cried for me, searched for me. I’m guilty and heartbroken.’: Mom candidly addresses ‘foster parent guilt’
“He wasn’t mine to keep. I know that… but he didn’t.”
‘The expectant mom picked you.’: Adoptive mom changes narrative on open adoption
“She asked me to be with her in the delivery room, which was an honor I will never forget—just the two of us welcoming our daughter into this world.”
‘I felt like he knew we were going to be together forever.’: Mom shares emotional international adoption journeys through COVID
“Throughout the journey we kept imagining what it would be like meeting Alpha for the first time, playing it over and over in our minds. But nothing could prepare us for how it really was.”