“Eventually, my heart began to beat on its own again. I met my daughter for the first time two weeks after delivery.”
‘I flatlined for 36 hours after delivering my daughter.’: Mom survives ‘silent killer’ Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
‘The decision I made at 19 was the biggest mistake of my life. I’m your mother.’ She told me she cried so much and thought of me every single day.’: Woman finds birth parents, 3 siblings after 10-year search
“Up until sending that email, I was safe. But now, I could be accepted…or rejected. I was like a zombie, only moving whenever my phone rang. ‘Hi Samantha.’ She expected me to be mad or hurt by her giving me up for adoption. Her voice was so soft, kind, and vulnerable.”
Even Though Postpartum Depression Broke Me, It Also Saved Me
“My husband displayed love, patience, and understanding as I drifted further away from the beautiful, happy, silly girl he wed that October day. But eventually, he encouraged me to face my demons.”
I Gave Birth, But I Didn’t Come Home With A Baby
“I write this for the mom about to go through this. I write this for her, so she might be able to mentally prepare for the oddity of wanting congratulations in such a sad time. I write this to prepare her for the desire to celebrate her child’s life, while she’s mourning that very life.”
‘Before my dad committed suicide, he called. ‘Shut up’ spewed from my mouth. The last words I ever said to him.’: Daughter overcomes drug addiction, chooses to ‘make Dad proud, not follow in his footsteps’
“I was so angry and upset for so long at the fact he chose drugs, and willingly chose to take his own life and leave me. I now understand though. I’ve now felt that pain.”
‘I have no idea how many weeks I am. I never had my period.’: Woman suffers two consecutive miscarriages, urges others to ‘stop asking couples when they’re going to have kids’
“My friend said, ‘I have this weird feeling you’re pregnant.’ I laughed. ‘No way, I have not even gotten my period yet.’ Sure enough, those two lines showed up. WHAT? I immediately called my husband. ‘Are you kidding me?’ After an hour, a nurse told me, ‘You picked the wrong day to come here. Monday’s are busy.’ My husband, getting frustrated, looked at me and said, ‘I’m going to get the truck. We’re not staying here.’”
‘Let’s address the pornography issue. To those who think I ‘jumped ship,’ you’re right – I did. Because we were not yet married, it was not my job to ‘fix him.’’
“We already had over 300 wedding invitations sent out. We had to call every single one of those people and tell them what happened to inform them the wedding was off. Pornography addiction does not just affect you. It affects the people around you.”
‘There’s no sperm in your semen.’ What was I supposed to tell my wife? This was the one thing she wanted in life.
“Sperm. Freaking. Extraction. Had to get naked and lay on a table. The doctor ‘numbs’ your nether regions with a shot (which HURT A WHOLE FREAKING LOT) and tells you, ‘That’s it, that’s the worst part.’ So now you can kick back and relax. LIES. ALL LIES.”
‘I smiled, kissed her and said, ‘I love you.’ That’s the last time I saw Dana. The next morning, she died instantly.’
“Society believes that once you fall in love again you have moved on and replaced the one that has died. This is such a fallacy.”
‘He was there the day we saw that first positive test. When we danced around the kitchen. And, when the cramping began and I watched my dreams bleed out, he was there.’
“He was there when I said I was ready to try again. When we stood in that tiny bathroom for the fourth time staring at a plus sign that seemed more like a question mark, he was there.”