“‘Andie is acting strange.’ Our baby’s left arm and leg were rhythmically jerking. After an hour, she’d not stopped seizing. ‘Call 911!’ In a matter of minutes, our future shattered.”
‘Why Andie have seizures?’ Seeing her so worried, I wanted to answer all her questions.’: Mom of daughter with Dravet Syndrome writes children’s book about seizures, ‘I was inspired by my girls’
‘People are in pain, you’re wasting a bed.’ My intestine had literally turned itself in a knot.’: Mother battles chronic pain and hospital stays, urges ‘mental health matters’
“’Yep, I’m in the hospital again.’ I have never known what it was like to be ‘not sick.’ Here is my conundrum: I am actually very happy. I’m choosing to live.”
‘Hello Grandad! I love you!’ It was a video he never saw.’: Woman opens up about grief after losing both parents, explains ‘grief has no time limit’
“It’s a week I see in my head every day. Watching this person who made you, who you loved more than most, who knew you more than ANYONE, just wither in front of you.”
‘Women stepped up to let strangers know they’re NOT alone. We support, believe, and love you.’: Charity ‘Handmade Especially For You’ partners with crocheters to create scarves for women escaping abuse
“It is this very support that provides women with the self-esteem to LEAVE abusive situations. When a woman makes the choice to leave that environment, it’s LIFE CHANGING.”
‘This wasn’t your ‘mom-loses-her-crap-sometimes’ situation. I felt like a pressure cooker.’: Mom battles depression, ‘I’m a better mother when I’m my best self’
“There was a miscommunication about bringing my son lunch at school, and as a result, he was upset. I felt awful. The incident was small, but it pushed me over the edge. And I EXPLODED.”
‘Will my body do its job?’ There was less than a 50% survival rate.’: After battling infertility, high-risk pregnancy, couple turn to surrogate for second child
“It was the happiest day of our lives, yet we had to grieve the loss of our future children. I have never loved another woman’s bump as much as I loved hers.”
‘We want to donate 2 embryos to you!’ They became family. They gave us another chance.’: Couple trying to conceive for 7 years try donor embryos
“‘I have something I want to tell you, but I don’t know how, so I’m just going to say it.’ I replied, ‘Go for it sister!’ She changed our lives FOREVER.”
‘Every day in the cycle of wake up, feed, clean, repeat, you’d think I’d be able to handle it all. I STILL get burnt out.’: Overwhelmed mama urges ‘this is the messy truth behind motherhood’
“Breastfeeding a toddler amidst mounds of laundry is an average daily task. Just because we make it LOOK easy, doesn’t mean it is.”
‘I could forget I was dumpy and self-conscious. I could forget I was ME. THAT girl wasn’t afraid.’: Mom shares emotional journey to sobriety
“I HAD to stop before I destroyed the humans who loved me through every single moment of my life.”
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“It’s too late for me, I’ll never get better.”