Kirsten

Mom to Boe

April 22nd, 2010

Huntington Beach, California

229 days.  That is how long I carried my precious baby boys.  My husband and I found out 14 weeks into our 2nd pregnancy that I was carrying spontaneous triplet boys.  It was a set of identical twins and a singleton.  A,B and C; then, once we found out all 3 were boys, Adler, Boe and Cameron.  My pregnancy was a pretty easy one, all things considered.  I had weekly doctor's visits and always got good reports.  Boe was always a bit smaller, but the doctor said he was still within normal range, and it is to be expected that there will be a smaller one in a multiple pregnancy.

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Babs

Mom to Jack Marshall Haller

June 5th, 2007

Austin, Texas

The experience of carrying twins for six months had been extremely exciting for me.  Jack and Kate already weighed about one pound each and were starting to share their personalities in ultrasound videos. Kate was the athletic one and Jack liked to pose for perfect profile photos. They already had fingernails, hair and eyebrows. They could grip their hands, kick their feet, suck their thumbs and hear our voices. Just before flying to China for a brief work trip, my husband bought a belly band so he could place headphones on my tummy to share music with them.

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Emily

Mom to Ryder Mark Schitz

May 30th, 2010

St. Louis, Missouri

I didn't think I would ever write about this experience, for more than one reason. One, I didn't even think I would lose a child, that Mark and I would lose a child. (not that anyone ever does) Then after losing a child I didn't think I would ever be able to write about their "birth story."  I worked on this for a long time, I decided not to include pictures though. I have the images in my mind. They will be. there. f-o-r-e-v-e-r. We have a few prints in a special place but I think words are enough for this post.

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Sheryl

Mom to Mackenzie Violet Miller

August 27th, 2010 - August 28th, 2010

Rancho Cucamonga, California

Starting in December 2009, my husband and I started on the journey of using fertility shots to start our family. I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome when I was 15-years-old, and I knew it would take some challenges to get pregnant. We did the fertility treatments for three months. In February 2010 I was on my third round of fertility treatments and the doctor’s were considering the treatments as they were taking longer than a month for my ovaries to mature. However, they decided to up the dosage I was getting and I had three mature eggs. 

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Laura

Mom to Braelynn Marie

Died November 7th, 2007 at 20 weeks gestation due to a heart condition

Newark, New Jersey

After years of infertility, 3 early miscarriages, and 2 cycles of ivf, I finally got pregnant with the twins... I was a nervous wreck my entire pregnancy.

Then, three years ago November 7th, we lost our daughter Braelynn to a heart condition.

She is survived by her identical twin sister Brianna; born March 24, 2008. 

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Brooke

Mom to Baby Perry-Hall, a twin 

Lost on April 7th, 2007 at 7 weeks gestation

and Lily Marie Perry-Hall

Died at 7 weeks, 3 days gestation, Removed at 12 weeks 3 days on March 13th, 2009

Hibiscus Coast, Auckland, New Zealand

I had only just got together with my partner Stephen when I was booked in to have a day surgery to find out if I had endometriosis.  On the 24^th February 2007  I had the key hole surgery as I came out of the anaesthetic they told me that I did not have endometriosis but that my tubes were bi-laterally blocked and that I could not have children naturally, but that I had to come back in 6 weeks for further tests and surgery to see how badly blocked my tubes were.

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JoAnna

Mom to Nathan

October 9th, 2009 - October 25th, 2009

Imperial, Missouri

My husband Jonathan and I married in June of 2001; we both knew we want to be parents, but the both of us had just turned 20 so we knew we weren’t ready quite yet. I had been diagnosed with PCOS when I was around 15, and I had told Jonathan about it and explained that parenthood might not come easily, if at all.

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Lei

Mom to Skye & Paighton

June 4, 2010

Tecumseh, MI

June 3rd, 2010

I began my day on bed rest. I had been on bed rest for the previous two weeks due to my cervix shortening. At my formal ultrasound, when we found out we were having twin girls, we also discovered that my cervix was measuring 2.5cm. Not good!

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Jennifer

Mom to Jennyfur Angel, Due June 8th, 2002, Grew Wings December 26th, 2001

Glory Michelle

Baby Bean, September 10th, 2010

and 10 unnamed Angels

Bowie, Maryland

Over the past 11 years, I have held 16 precious little babies inside of me. I have been graced by 3 of them here on earth. The other 13 have grew wings and found their home above in heaven with the lord. Out of the 13 angels I have looking down upon me, I only knew the sex of one, had named her & started preparations for her arrival. 

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Melissa

Mom to Jacob Sean Toole

March 30th, 2010

St. John, New Brunswick, Canada

It was the best day of my life, After I took 4 pregnancy test I new I was pregnant… I started to cry I was excited but nervous at the same time…My Boyfriend and I where so happy that we where going to be a mommy and a daddy….

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Audrey

Mom to Eva Anise

March 6th, 2007 - April 4th, 2007

Vienna, Virginia

Given my irregular cycle, diffident personality and generally low expectations, I thought it would take some time, perhaps a year, before we would get pregnant. It happened the first cycle. Both times. Aside from my stint on a jury, my first pregnancy was uneventful. My second pregnancy was anything but.

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Jennifer

Mom to Kristen McKenna

Became an Angel September 5th, 2008

Louisville,Tennessee

I was told for most of my teen and adult life that I would never be able to have children... This news broke my heart... The one thing in life that I always wanted to be was a mommy... I had given up all hope... After all I was almost 30 and beginning to think that maybe God's plans for me didn't include having children... 

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Dana

Mom to Wyatt Jaxson

Born November  26th, 2009

Grew his wings on December 20th, 2009

Vancouver, B.C. Canada

It all began at my cousins wedding; My sister in law was about 20 weeks pregnant and showing beautifully. My Fiancée Tyler immediately fell in love with her growing belly and seemed to cater to her every need that night. It didn't come to much shock when he said that next day that he was ready to be a dad. Three weeks later, sure enough I saw those two pink lines. We were ecstatic!! 

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Laura

Mom to Logan Ray Gill

Stillborn October 6th, 2008

Baytown, Texas

I am a mother and I have two children.

After a very long, disappointing journey and over six years trying to get pregnant, my husband and I turned to IVF as our last hope and it worked!  On March 10, 2008 we found out we were having TWINS.  We had known there was a chance, but still weren’t really expecting that.  Now, not only were we going to have the baby we’d always dreamed of and become a real family, we were going to have TWO babies.  It was shocking to say the least, but I fell in love with both babies instantly.  I went to my many appointments and watched them on the ultrasound screen and moment by moment, image by image, I fell deeper in love.  I already loved them more than I could imagine.   We found out we were having a boy and a girl and we were elated.  We named them Logan Ray and Ella Ann.  Oh how excited we were (and scared)!  I couldn’t wait for them to get here so I could have them in my arms.  I couldn’t imagine what it would feel like to have them here, to actually BE a mother like I’d dreamed and hoped for so very long, to know what that felt like. 

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Laura

Mom to Madison Ann

October 3rd, 2007 - March 5th, 2008

Grand Rapids, MI

I found out I was pregnant in April 2007. My pregnancy was going fine and had a lot of morning sickness and heartburn. I had my twelve week appointment and everything was fine. I had my 16 week appointment and was measuring larger.  My Doctor said either I was farther along or their were more than one. I knew I could not be farther along since I got pregnant on the pill. 

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Jessica

Mom to Hadley

October 9th, 2007 - October 11th, 2007

Lake Orion, MI

In April of 2007, my husband Mark and I found out that we were expecting triplets.  To say we were shocked is an understatement but after spending two years trying to get pregnant, we quickly adjusted to the idea of welcoming three new babies into our family and started preparing for life with triplets. We found out we were expecting two girls and a boy and could not have been happier.  I could not wait to dress my girls in matching outfits and have a “Momma’s boy.”  Unfortunately, by the time I was 18 weeks pregnant, the signs of preterm labor had already begun and I was admitted to the hospital for the remainder of my pregnancy.  I was put on strict hospital bedrest and although we knew that things were very risky, as the weeks passed and we were able to keep my labor from progressing we began to become hopeful again. 

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