“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.”
‘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
‘The adoption lawyer said, ‘See you in a couple years!’ We both said, ‘No!! This is it!’ Our family of 6 was complete, or so we thought.’: Couple adopt daughter’s sister from foster care, ‘She is the piece we didn’t know we were missing’
“We received a call from our little girl’s bio grandma. CPS had a baby girl in foster care a few hours away. ‘I was hoping you’d be able to take her.’ Siblings are meant to be together. And as much as they needed each other, we needed her too.”
‘Get the baby out! Save my baby!’ I was willing to face my death happily in exchange.’: Mom details traumatic twinless twin birth
“I woke up and tried to stay as still and quiet as I could. I was scared to ask if I was still pregnant. The nurse said, ‘We need to deliver Baby A.’ I had no other choice.”
‘Everything would change between us,’ he said. I didn’t want to wait to be in a relationship.’: Single mom by choice shares high-risk pregnancy journey
“I cried my eyes out. They chalked it up to being more prevalent if you were young, Black, and poor. I prayed she would be born alive.”
‘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.”
‘Surprise! He’s ALREADY born!’ Our 3lb son was PERFECT.’: After infertility battle, couple adopts ‘little fighter’ preemie
“We didn’t know what to expect when we saw him. We were so intimidated and nervous; this woman chose US to raise her son.”
‘Just one.’ Then she moved the wand to the left and said, ‘I lied.’: New mom to preemie twins ‘grateful’ to hospital staff for saving her children
“I’ll never know what it’s like to immediately have your baby put on your chest. They were wrapped in what looked like sandwich bags and enclosed in an incubator. We nearly lost them.”
‘Their birth story was both beautiful and a parent’s worst nightmare.’: Woman loses baby to Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome, surviving son diagnosed with autism
“I felt something in my new mama heart I couldn’t explain. It didn’t take long for me to start seeing the writing on the wall. But Jack was still our beautiful, kind, intelligent little boy he’d always been.”
‘My sister just had a baby IN the car!’ I put my mouth over her small mouth and nose, and sucked the fluid out.’: Mom survives car accident, births daughter in car
“A woman rushed over to us, frantically asking, ‘Are you okay?’ I stammered, ‘What happened?’ My husband was screaming in a way I’d NEVER heard anyone scream.”
‘Here’s a baby, here’s a baby, and here’s a baby. You have 3!’ My life completely changed.’: Mom of triplets shares journey, ‘We’re stronger than ever’
“My belly was getting bigger by the day. I was terrified. I pleaded with the babies and with my body to hold on a while longer.”
