I am 20 years old and I just found out that I am going to be a new mommy! I am really excited but trying not to get my hopes to high.. Still very early in my pregnancy. I am engaged and not sure about the relationship right now because of the baby, but we are working it out. I love to read, swim, listen to music, and dance.
On February 8, 2009 Joey, our bundle of joy arrived five weeks early! A few days later we learned that he had Down syndrome. We had no idea throughout the pregnancy that our baby was going to have Down syndrome. But we had refused most of the prenatal testing because when I saw Joey's heart beating on an ultrasound at 9 weeks gestation I knew that was a baby, our baby, and it did not matter...
I am 40, and will turn 41 in February. My husband and I met later in life and very much want to have a child or children of our own. I have delivered two babies with different trisomies who both passed away in the last two years. Our first baby was born in April of 2008, at 25 weeks 5 days gestation, premature, and lived only two hours. She was diagnosed by Amnio with Downs Syndrome (trisomy 21)...
My name is Nicole, and am 30 years old. I am married to the love of my life, a wonderful French Puerto Rican and we have 4 girls and 1 boy. I am a childbirth educator, doula, aspiring midwife, and mother to 5.
Bellies and Babies focuses on pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting issues, as well as a dabbling of giveaways and personal glimpses into my life.
Nuclear Medicine Technologist and mother of 4. Lover of science and God. My daughter Carleigh was diagnosed with anencephaly at 22 1/2 weeks gestation. I carried her to term and it was one of the most beautiful and blessed experiences of my life.
I am a 36-year old woman who's tried for five years to get pregnant using both traditional and medical/artificial means. My husband and I have been married for almost 12 years, and are also in the process of trying to adopt a little boy from Vietnam (but it's not going well). Despite being able to belt out a whooping 22 eggs during a retrieval and husband's super sperm count, and after taking...
