9 Things I Didn’t Know About IVF

1
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...

Fighting Baby Fever

0
Baby Fever: When a woman is really in love with the idea of having a baby and thus wants to ogle every baby she sees. She may not mentally want to get pregnant, but she...

Infertility – The Big IF

0
Have you ever had one of those dreams where you’re falling fast towards the ground and you can’t do anything to stop it? And then, picture right in the middle of your fall, someone...

Finding My Voice After Miscarriage

4
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?

5
  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...

Dear Mom, :: An Open Letter to My Mother ::

2
My mother is one of those women who has been a mother since she was a kid. As the oldest of four, she was a mother to her sisters and once she had me...

Pregnancy After Infertility

1
7 years. That's a long time to hope, pray, and plead for a baby. In my 7 years of trying to conceive I experienced many setbacks. So many, that eventually I began to talk...

I Was a Mom for 5 Days: Pregnancy Loss

12
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...

10 Tips to Help With Fertility

4
Although many women "struggle" to get pregnant when they want, you're not even considered "infertile" until over a year of trying. Every month a woman of average health has only a 20% chance of...
austin-moms-blog-forever-loved

Honoring the Child You Lost: Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance

0
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,...