‘It was my child’s birthday. I heard a crackling noise. I was drowning in my own fluid. Literally. ‘I feel like I’m dying!’ As I raised my legs, I couldn’t even tell where my knee was. I. WAS. SWOLLEN.’: Woman survives HELLP and preeclampsia

“I can distinctly recall that morning. I was tongue-tied and feeling worse by the minute. At the hospital, my mother-in-law told my husband, ‘You get back there NOW and get some answers or you are going to have a dead wife.’ She was right.”

Breast Cancer Survivor Shares PSA On Harmful Slogans

“Do you know what is said when a woman dies from breast cancer? That she ‘lost’ a battle. No, she didn’t. She lost everything, but not a battle. This is NOT in our hands. We don’t lose because we aren’t strong enough, we die because there is no cure.”

‘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.”

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