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Woman lies in hospital bed breastfeeding baby

‘Your breast milk is like skim milk.’ I felt alone and lost, like something was wrong with me.’: Mom shares stresses of breastfeeding journey

“I didn’t buy any bottles or read how to use my pump. I cried in agony and shame. I sacrificed my freedom, time, energy, sleep, and breasts for only a few ounces.”

Edited By Sonia Beltz

Special needs mom shares photos of daughter with cerebral palsy, one from after brain surgery as a baby and one now as she walks with a walker

‘There’s a high chance your daughter has it.’ I was scared. Will she be accepted by her peers if she needs a walker?’: Mom helps daughter with cerebral palsy start inclusive YouTube channel

“I would like to think it was from all the ‘I love you’s’ or the words of affirmation she recites every night. Or from a mom who never stopped advocating for her. But her happy ending is not from any of that. It’s from her.”

Edited By Devon Ledbetter

‘It was a war just to keep my newborn ALIVE.’: Medical mom praises daughter born with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, dwarfism

“Have you ever had a medical professional look you in the eye and tell you it’s a MIRACLE your child is alive, and then say they have no medical reasoning as to how they ARE alive? Children born with no immune system unknowingly die from the common cold… Bella survived septic shock and 4 bowel surgeries.”

Edited By Devon Ledbetter

‘After miscarriage 3, all the doctor said was, ‘Have you tried Adipex to lose weight? I sell it at my spa.’: Woman delivers rainbow baby on cusp of giving up, raises infertility awareness

“I left his office that day and immediately made an appointment at a completely different office. In a sense, I’d given up. To my surprise, I got the faintest positive on a cheap 88¢ Walmart test. Our hopes were at rock bottom, but we needed to believe in this little miracle.”

Edited By Sophia San Filippo

‘I muttered ‘I’m sorry’ to my newborn over Zoom from a different hospital. I didn’t know I’d delivered a baby, or what month it was.’: First-time mom recounts giving birth during post-Covid pneumonia battle

“Next thing I know I’m looking at myself from the ceiling. I’m lying on an operation table. There’s 8 of me. The room keeps spinning. There’s a team working on each copy of me. They’re trying to put me to sleep. They keep telling me to relax. And I’m screaming.”

Edited By Sophia San Filippo

I Gave Birth, And Found A Woman I Didn’t Know Existed

“Yes, I brought a beautiful new baby into the world and I love him beyond measure. But I also brought a new woman into the world, and I am so proud of her.”

Edited By Sophia San Filippo

‘How could this happen?’ One ovary and one fallopian tube, I saw two lines plain as day on the pregnancy test.’: Woman with partial hysterectomy, HELLP Syndrome delivers 1-pound miracle baby

“‘Your breathing sounds like you’re under water.’ I remember going to sleep, but I didn’t wake up. When I opened my eyes, I motioned for my husband to bring me something to write with. I vividly remember asking, ‘Did our baby die?’ My husband answered, ‘No.’ And then I asked, ‘Did I die?’ I spent 24 hours in between two worlds, praying for a miracle.”

Edited By Sophia San Filippo

‘The doctor said, ‘Put your camera down. There’s something on her skin.’ She was born in a hard, thick cocoon.’: Girl with Harlequin Ichthyosis proves ‘beauty is not just skin deep’

“Soon, the tips of her fingers fell off. One grandma asked, ‘Why didn’t you put sunscreen on your daughter?’ as if she was burnt. I couldn’t believe that came out of her mouth.”

Edited By Sophia San Filippo

‘After all the miscarriages, the doctor said, ‘You’re pregnant, with TWINS!’ I about passed out.’: Mom births miracle twin, adopts miracle daughter

“Immediately after, I began looking into adoption. I refused to give up on having a daughter. Then we got the call: ‘We have a 9-month-old girl in need of a home.'”

Edited By Sophia San Filippo