“I knew very young I wanted to have a baby. Since the world taught me this is what moms do, I must be a girl. I would soon discover this is not true.”
‘The day I saw my first trans man, I knew I had been lied to. I told my husband I would never live as a woman again.’: Intersex man, gestational father shares self-discovery journey
‘The very best thing we could have ever done.’: Special needs mom raises feeding tube awareness
“I no longer cried countless tears over calories. I no longer looked into my child’s terrified eyes when the bottle would come near him. I no longer frantically called my mom asking if 2 ounces was all he really consumed that day.”
‘I’m no longer that angry little girl who was hurt. With my mom, it’s like it never happened.’: Abuse survivor adopted as adult finally has loving mother relationship
“In my mind, I accepted I was born to grow up as an adult without parents. But in my heart, I was broken holiday after holiday needing them. I was torn on my children’s birthdays, when they had no grandparents there. I cried for years trying to fill the void.”
‘I told my husband, ‘There’s a baby in my fallopian tube; the tube ruptured.’: Woman births rainbow baby after ectopic pregnancy
“Two days after the ultrasound, I passed a large clot while at work. I was sure I was miscarrying. All those memories flooded back and I was a bawling mess. We waited the dreaded week to confirm what we knew. Little did we know they would quickly say, ‘There’s your baby.'”
‘We had a bully, not a dad,’ my son said. It would take literal Superman to stop me from raising my kids alone.’: Family of 4 survive abuse, kids adopted by loving dad
“I knew him through my ex, so I took him off of my social media. That lasted a whole two days. I couldn’t imagine a day in my life without him.”
‘I’ve been seeing phrases like, ‘At least it happened early’ or ‘One miscarriage doesn’t compare to multiple’ a lot lately.’: Woman battling infertility urges ‘a loss is a loss and they all matter’
“Each of those precious baby’s lives were a gift. The loss of this deserves to be remembered and the grief has a right to be felt in all it’s entirety.”
‘I am tired.’: Special needs mom urges ‘this massive weight of motherhood, it’s always with me’
“It’s the weight of the next doctor appointment. It’s the weight of new diagnoses added to our plate. It’s the weight of remembering which specialist follow-up is due in which month at which hospital. It’s the weight of am I doing enough for her, what more should I be doing, and why do I feel so alone while I am doing it all?”
‘You’re perfect for each other.’ In her presence, I felt I could be something more than what I was.’: Woman shares beautiful journey with her guide dog
“She walked me across the stage to get two degrees. She helped me meet new people and form lasting friendships. All she asked for in return were belly rubs.”
‘I beg to be part of the journey. But because I don’t know the journey, I’m the outlier.’: Woman feels ‘left behind’ as friends have babies and she keeps waiting for her miracle
“I harbor no ill will. No hard feelings. I get it, this is just the new way of things. But it still hurts, to be on the outside looking in.”
‘I’ve never had the gift of birthing a baby, but I can’t imagine feeling any closer to my daughter.’: Single mom shares international, special needs adoption journey
“I carried her everywhere, held her at every meal, slept with her on top of me, and showered with her in my arms. She wouldn’t take no for an answer. Just as if I carried her in my womb, she was learning my voice, reaching for my touch, and studying every detail of my face.”