“I had no idea patients admitted for hysterectomies stay in the maternity ward. It was a sick comedy. Anyone who entered the room congratulated me and asked if it was a boy or girl.”
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“I had no idea patients admitted for hysterectomies stay in the maternity ward. It was a sick comedy. Anyone who entered the room congratulated me and asked if it was a boy or girl.”
“I was at an age where many of my friends were trying for a baby. I became aware of infertility and felt yet another tug at my heart.”
“My situation was a living nightmare. We wanted to give her the basic things every baby should have, like a soft toy. We simply couldn’t afford it.”
“I had my daughter at home, unmedicated, in a birth tub in my living room.”
“‘You don’t look like the other boys. You look different.’ I was sick of giving power to strangers. It was time to take back control.”
“Have we done enough? Did we cheer loud enough? Will they always remember we were their biggest fans no matter what? Man, I hope so.”
“I am not just a mother. I am an accountant, employee, housekeeper, teacher, nurse, chef, coach, therapist, and keeper of secrets. And I can guarantee you, we feel it’s never enough.”
“I was born due to an (assumed) affair and shipped off for money. Sold. A cover-up due to embarrassment of my father’s mistakes. For the first time in 30 years I thought, ‘I have to find her. I have to find my birth mother.'”
“I tried to feed him, but he’d just cry and scream or show no interest at all. I felt like I was failing for the second time.”
“Like throwing rocks into a pond, we hoped this would create a ripple effect.”