Infertility & Miscarriage

When I was first diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Stage 3C, my doctor wanted to know if I would be interested in family preservation. I was thankful she asked the question, as I was...

Have you ever desired something with such intensity that you felt a constant loss each moment that dream was not realized? For years I wanted to be a mother. These are not feelings I admitted...

By :: Asia Shah Getting Pregnant: A Challenge I Had Not Considered Lying on my back in the exam room at Austin Regional Clinic, I scanned the hundreds of photographs that lined the walls. Elated parents...

“Miscarriage.”  The shock flooded me as my heavy legs fell lifeless onto the cold, hard, impersonal hospital table, blood draining from my white face, I lay still and confused. It was an early miscarriage, insignificant...

"Happy Mother's Day." The text arrived during a joyful day of celebrating with my husband and two young boys. As soon as I saw it, sickness swelled in my stomach, and it wasn't just...

Marianne shared her story this morning about struggling with infertility. There was light at the end of the tunnel when she learned a surrogate was her only hope in having a biological child. Today...

My name is Amanda and I’ve had a miscarriage…Four to be exact. I know all too well the pain of losing a pregnancy. But here’s the thing…I just started talking about it. For over 2...

  Is modern motherhood too easy? I think about what motherhood used to mean – before technology and modern medicine and easy fixes. It meant widespread risk of death in childbirth. It meant astronomical rates of...

For nearly 3 years I have looked to Austin Moms Blog as an outlet to share my inner most thoughts as well as personal stories and journeys. AMB is not only a place for...

Do you remember the scene from A Princess Bride where Wesley gets captured and taken to the pit of despair and that terrible man uses his terrible machine to suck away years of Wesley’s...