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Elizabeth’s Story: Part 1

I came across your facebook page and it led me to this website. I wanted to share my story with you. I have had four children, three being preemies, and out of the three preemies, two have lived and one has received her wings. I hope that my story can help someone.
I found out about [...]

Q&A – Should I Keep This Pregnancy? Part 2

At 18 weeks I started the progesterone shots.  At 19 weeks I started to feel contractions.  The doctors did not think I needed to start bedrest yet because the contractions weren’t doing anything, but I was so nervous about the contractions that I prescribed bedrest for myself and stayed off of my feet for the [...]

Q&A-Should I Keep This Pregnancy? Part 1

Question from Susan – I am so glad that I came upon your blog.  I’ve had 3 prior premature births. (36 wks, 33 wks, & 28 wks in that order.) All of them are healthy living boys! I am now pregnant with number four and am terrified.  I was told never to get pregnant again [...]

Interview – Preeclampsia & Gallstones: Part 3

Q.     Did your baby go home on anything? (oxygen, medications, g tube, fortified breastmilk, etc.)
A.      An Apnea monitor.  Not fun to carry around or when it would go off.  At first I didn’t mind so much cause it gave me some peace of mind but it only ever went off when it was an error [...]

Interview – Preeclampsia & Gallstones: Part 2

Q.     Tell about your baby when he/she was born.  How did you react to seeing your baby for the first time?
A.      When I was in labor I said I’d never get pregnant again because I was in hell.  The second I saw my daughter I knew that I could do it again-but it would be [...]

Interview – Preeclampsia & Gallstones: Part 1

The following three posts share an interview with a woman who struggled with preeclampsia and gallstones during her first pregnancy.
Q.    Tell about any pregnancy complications you experienced and how you dealt with them.
A.     My main complications were gallstones and Preeclampsia.  Some days I’m not sure how I dealt with them cause I was [...]

Your Next Pregnancy

I don’t know how all of you women felt after losing your first baby or delivering your first baby prematurely, but I was absolutely determined to believe that my first experience was a fluke.  I was in complete denial that there might be something wrong with my body, that I couldn’t conceive healthy children, or [...]

Getting Pregnant Again: Part 2

I also have a very special place in my heart for my full-term baby, and much of that is because she was full-term.  She was a miracle!  (I am taking the fact for granted that all preemie babies are miracles)  After two preemies there was much sacrifice and prayer that went into carrying her to [...]