“‘I’m sorry, I’m not detecting a heartbeat.’ What followed is a blur. I recall Reece shouting NO repeatedly, but I stayed silent. The world seemed to stop, and I felt like I was watching myself on a TV screen.”
‘I remember walking out of the hospital thinking, ‘I don’t know if I can survive this.’: Bereaved mom shares heartbreaking loss of baby boy at 40 weeks
‘You’re having this baby today.’ Steven and I looked at him, eyes wide.’: Mom shares traumatic experience with pregnancy preeclampsia
“I cried the moment I saw my little baby inside of a plastic box.”
‘My labor was over, my baby was here, and I’d never felt so alone.’: Mom shares what she has done differently from first child birth
“All women deserve to have a positive birthing experience, no matter what methods they choose.”
‘I begged the doctor to save me. Over and over I was told, ‘C-section may make it harder for the baby to breathe.’: Traumatic birth survivor shares impending detrimental effects Roe v. Wade
“My safety was placed so far below that of my babies. I spent several hours requesting a c-section. I asked. My parents asked. My husband asked. But the decision came down to one doctor, who I’d never met before that day. And I was only a hairsbreadth away from losing my life.”
‘If you feel like no one believes in you, remember that I do.’: Single mom, abuse survivor graduates top of her nursing class thanks to nurse whose kindness saved her life
“I was a complete stranger to her, but she didn’t care. She hugged me tight. ‘Go back to nursing school, finish your degree, and make your kid’s proud. They need you.’ I put my head in my hands and cried for the first time in 9 months.”
‘She was born into a disastrous emergency. Her mother was dying, and she was dying.’: Mom shares daughter’s journey to thriving with cerebral palsy
“She wants everyone to SEE people with disabilities. I want that too.”
‘Triggers are a crazy thing. I never thought much about them… before I started having them.’: Mom shares experience with triggers after traumatic birth, life-saving hysterectomy
“Almost 6 years ago, I experienced this trauma. This was just a routine appointment. But as I sat in that waiting room, I felt my heart speed up. I felt my chest tighten.”
‘Just 2 weeks after becoming a mother, I received a life-saving, emergency hysterectomy.’: Foster mom shares change in life plans after near-death experience
“Now, looking back to that perfect, baby girl, it’s like God heard my prayers and gave me the exact desires of my heart, even down to those beautiful curls, because quickly thereafter He would break my heart completely.”
‘At 3:30 a.m., I awoke to a sharp pain in my upper left abdomen. This was NOT a drill.’: Mom opens up on traumatic micro-preemie loss
“That loss can seem impossible to navigate. But in your darkest moments, know that you are not alone.”
I Had Multiple Traumatic Births, Now I’m A Certified C-Section Coach Helping Mothers Heal
“I kept all my feelings to myself for years before I talked to someone about it. I experienced flashbacks and intrusive thoughts and felt as though no one would understand because my babies were fine. But underneath, I was sinking.”