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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 [...]

Getting Pregnant Again: Part 1

These next two posts may seem a little out of place following my latest post A Confession because I actually wrote these posts first.  Thinking about these posts and being involved in other conversations led to my most recent post.  Anyway, here goes: I was just thinking about the fears I had about getting pregnant [...]

“Time and New Friendships”

I received an insightful comment on yesterday’s post that asked me to expand on how “time and new friendships helped me to accept my limitations and find peace in what I could do” after delivering two preemies and feeling inadequate as a woman. First of all, time is necessary to heal wounds of loss.  As [...]

The Loss of a “Normal” Delivery

In a recent conversation with another preemie mom, I got to thinking about how I felt when I missed out on the “normal” delivery experience surrounding my first two children’s births.  I grew up terrified of giving birth, but I still had fantasies about how perfectly everything would go – resulting in a short and [...]

What’s With Cervical Lengths?

At my first doctor appointment with my third pregnancy (my first two resulting in preemies) the doctor started talking about cervical length.  He said that we would want to check my cervical length every 2 weeks during my pregnancy so that we always knew what was going on with my body and if there was [...]

You’re Pregnant – Read All About It!

Okay, this is not just a shout out, but a plea to all of you women who are pregnant, maybe for the first time, to read books about pregnancy and educate yourself on what’s happening to your body and your growing baby.  Why?  Because if you don’t understand what’s happening to your body then you [...]