“‘It’s better if you just get off of it,’ my doctor said to me, without ever asking if I thought that would be the right choice for my personal situation. Wanting to start off on the right foot as a mother, I was obedient.”
8 Months Before This Photo, I Went Off Zoloft For The First Time In A Decade
‘I couldn’t bear another miscarriage. If I lost this baby, I would have to be hospitalized to prevent me from ending my life.’
“She has shown me a love I could have never imagined and has taught me to be thankful for each day we have together. She is my hero, and she saved my life.”
‘I’m not pregnant. Yes, that’s an ultrasound, with my name, a recent date, but I am not pregnant…well, not anymore.’
“Why is my body not strong enough? What is wrong with me? What am I doing wrong? Why is this happening to me? What if I can’t have anymore kids, will my husband leave me?”
‘I can tell you right now you probably aren’t going home tonight.’ Mom’s pregnancy battle amidst preeclampsia and PTSD
“Nothing could prepare me though for the roller coaster we were about to endure.”
‘I was handed a drink. I woke up in an empty room, except for an air mattress. I was completely naked. All my belongings were missing.’ Woman ‘hurt no one was looking for me’ after 3-day-long sexual assault
“There was a window in the bedroom. I tried to open it, but it had been nailed shut. Then, the guy I knew from the party opened the door. ‘As long as you’re compliant, you’ll make it home,’ he said. No one took any notice that I had been gone for 3 days. Not my family, not my friends, not my instructors at school. No one. I felt completely alone. Nobody ever asked me if I was ok.”
‘I stopped this vehicle today for a left lane violation on I-65.’
“The driver had approximately 20 cars slowed behind her because she would not move back to the right lane.”
‘At 35 miles per hour, and with one unintended push, my baby was born.’
“Mike, we better get out of here! I think I am going to have the baby on the toilet!”
These Pills Don’t Mean I’m Broken
“It means I’m strong enough to ask for help.”
‘9 months after our journey began, our baby was made.’ Same sex couple’s IVF struggle to become parents
“We hope our story will inspire others to be open minded about same-sex parenting, the struggles we have been through to become parents, and the strength we have had to have to mentally endure the journey.”
Breastfeeding Is Much Harder Than I Ever Could’ve Imagined
“The nurses told me EVERYONE can breastfeed. I expected to be that same blissful mother, but I wasn’t.”