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This story was submitted by Anita, one of our readers. A step back, one of the reason I wanted to have a child was because of my struggle with endometriosis. Having endo can lessen your chances to have a child. I really thought a child was never to be in my life. My pregnancy was [...]
This story was thoughtfully shared by Stacy, one of our readers. Haylie We found out we were pregnant with our 1st 2 months after we got married. It was an easy pregnancy, I worked all the way through, I had a lot of “braxton hicks” but that’s it. I even played volleyball the day before [...]
The following post is a personal story submitted by Amber, one of our Preemie Babies 101 readers. We found out in Feb 10 that we were pregnant with twins after having a miscarriage in Nov and having problems getting pregnant. We used Clomid. May 6 we went for our growth u/s. It was an hour [...]
Thoughtfully submitted by reader’s Marria and Raul. Alayna Marrie was born at 32 weeks in Brandon,Fl., due to my preeclampsia. All throughout my pregnancy she was a fighter. I was in and out of the emergency room, for spotting, severe headaches, high blood pressure…till they had to hospitalize me at 30 weeks for preeclampsia and [...]
This story was shared by Lindsay, one of our readers. I am writing to share our story of our 24 week (15 ounces) miracle with you…JACK MATTHEW Now a little timeline of our whirlwind before I begin. Matt and I had our first date in april 2005, engaged 2 weeks later, married 1 year later, [...]
My husband and I became parents for the first time on June 12, 2008. Our beautiful little girl was born—completely unexpectedly—at 26 weeks. The day before she was born, I was at my retail job until 9 p.m. I had terrible back pain all afternoon and evening, and eventually called the on-call OB at my [...]
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