Holding My Rainbow Baby

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Holding My Rainbow Baby I've always known that God's plan was better than my own, but in the midst of trying times, it's hard to keep that positive perspective. On a hot summer day in...

Meet Priscilla Bennett

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Meet Priscilla Bennett Picture this - my dining room is half playroom and half kid art studio.  If yours is the same then we will be fast friends!  Hi! I’m Priscilla Bennett and I’m so...

Infertility – A Hidden Scar

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Sometimes I’m struck by just how much we humans can endure, without anyone else ever guessing a thing. Once the initial wound has turned to scar, we put on a brave face and go...

I Was a Mom for 5 Days: Pregnancy Loss

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After 3 years of trying, 2 major surgeries, umpteen million procedures, and countless hormone injections, I actually got pregnant naturally! The love my husband and I have for each other finally created life! I...

9 Things I Didn’t Know About IVF

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My husband and I are recessive carriers of a potentially fatal gene. Every time I get pregnant, the baby has a 25% of adopting this gene as dominant – which would render the baby...

Mother’s Day Miscarriage

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Mother's Day Miscarriage Deciding to try for a second kid was complicated for me. I knew what I'd be getting myself into the second time around. I was acutely aware that motherhood is HARD. And...
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Honoring the Child You Lost: Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance

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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day is on October 15th and October as a month is set aside to bring awareness.   25% of pregnancies do not go full-term.  We feel the loss of our babies,...
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Feeling Like a “Broken Toy” {National Infertility Awareness Week}

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In order to honor those families that are affected by infertility every single day, Austin Moms Blog plans to share several stories throughout this week. What binds us together is motherhood and whether you...

I Am (Still) Infertile

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This week is National Infertility Awareness Week and this year the focus is to #flip the script and serves a reminder that ANYONE can be challenged in creating a family. Talking about it is...

There’s A Lot Of Work To Do For Our Black Mothers

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Today is the last day of Black Maternal Health Week, that is designed to help shed light on the challenges and opportunities in the fight for Black women’s maternal and reproductive justice. This People...