“After just under 30 pounds of weight loss, I became pregnant. I was terrified. I had not been below 300 pounds in five years, but I knew what I needed to do.”
‘I was 20 pounds over the weight limit. ’This is it, Bekkah. You have to change.’: Mom credits ‘the power of a mother’s love’ with kickstarting incredible weight loss journey
There’s No Prize For Burnt Out Mother Of The Year, Take A F**king Break
“You don’t get kudos for trying to do it all while neglecting your health.”
‘If my boys were sick or struggling, I wondered if this was a curse because they weren’t meant to be here.’: Mom battling infertility has IVF twins and speaks about guilt
“‘Are they natural?’ Which really means, ‘Did you make these twins by yourself, or did you need help?’ I couldn’t run from the fact that nature, or God, never intended me to be a mom.”
‘Your daughter’s heart will have to be stopped to repair it.’: Mom shares daughter’s diagnoses of VSD, Aorta Coarctation, thankful ‘her surgery is just a distant memory’
“How could such a small heart already have to stop beating? All I wanted was for them to just stop mine instead. I wanted them to take my heart to fix hers.”
‘These women are AMAZED someone they don’t know has made something for them.’: Charity partners with Annie’s Kit Clubs to make scarves for women escaping abuse, ‘It’s impacted thousands of lives’
“Every woman who flees abuse deserves a comfort scarf.”
‘You tried to jump out of a moving car.’ I woke up with strange men far away from home.’: Mom overcomes mental health struggles, suicide attempts to become advocate
“During the exam, the doctor asked me casually, ‘Have you been having sexual intercourse?’ The shame was hard to bear. I didn’t like the life I had chosen, so I tried to leave it.”
I’ve Had Mastitis 7 Times
“I should have listened to my body.”
‘I came out to my dad, and he DIDN’T take it well. ‘I will TAKE AWAY your independence.’: Gay adoptee with cerebral palsy urges, ‘live your life on your own terms’
“I knew I was gay around 14 years old. However, because of homophobia and lack of tolerance for people with disabilities, I kept my mouth shut while SECRETLY falling in love many times.”
‘NOTHING can prepare you for motherhood. Especially when you’re only 19.’: Mom of 3 shares experience with postpartum depression
“At 5 months postpartum, we got shocking news—surprise, we’re pregnant again! I was terrified at how I, at 21, was going to manage raising babies 14 months apart.”
‘STRIP. You HAVE to wear these scrubs.’ I was being watched while I removed my underwear.’: Teen suffers abuse at psychiatric ER visits, ‘I’m not just a number in the system’
“‘Sit down. I don’t know when you’re going home, STOP asking.’ They were admitting me because I wasn’t getting along with my mom.”