Carrying My Baby In My Heart Instead of My Arms: Pregnancy And Infant Loss...

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Carrying My Baby In My Heart Instead of My Arms: Pregnancy And Infant Loss Remembrance Day My friend and guest blogger, Stacy Everson Garber, lost her daughter in a still-birth this past August. She was...

Meet Alison Bogle

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Meet Alison Bogle   Hi Everyone! I’m really excited about the opportunity to work with Austin Moms Blog and to share this mommyhood journey with you.   My husband, Scott, and I have three kids - Ana (2006)...

My Rainbow Baby Journey

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My Rainbow Baby Journey I lay in the hospital bed after my surgery and looked over at my doctor. "How are you feeling?" She asked me, lifting my gown to check my incisions. "Ok, not in any...

The Skinny on IVF with Egg Donation

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When I tell people we struggled with infertility, people usually nod and lean in to hear more about our story. They ask if we did IVF because that's a term people are familiar with...

My Journey With Unexplained Infertility

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Naively, I always thought that once my husband and I decided we were ready to start a family, nine months later, a family we would have. Yes, I realized that SOME people out there...

Surviving Infertility and Not Losing Faith

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Infertility is not something many openly talk about. It’s personal. It’s heartbreaking. Often, people say nasty things to couples pursuing treatment. I’ve heard it all, even from those so close to me that I...
National Infertility Awareness Week

What Not to Say to Your Infertile Friend {National Infertility Awareness Week}

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  What binds us together is motherhood and whether you are a veteran mom, expecting mom, new mom, or just want to be a mom, we all have one common denominator... our love for children...
loss of a child

What Facebook Forgot on Father’s Day…

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I sat down and put my fingers to the keyboard to quickly type out my usual “I love my Dad, Father-in-law, Grandfather, and husband” type of Father’s Day Post, accompanied by adorable pictures of...

Miracles, Miscarriage, and Moving On: A Personal Story

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Miracles, Miscarriage, and Moving On: A Personal Story It took me forever to get pregnant with my daughter, Bailey. Well, maybe not forever. It was more like two-and-a-half years, but it was longer than I had...

Secondary Infertility: My Story

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This past week (April 21-29) was National Infertility Awareness Week. Though few of us like to talk about this sensitive and heartbreaking issue, it affects 1 in 8 couples—in other words, I can almost guarantee...