I'm 37yrs old. I have 7 beautiful and wonderful children. I had my tubal ligation in April 2000. In March of 2009 I had them reversed. The reason for that surgery is I became married last year and my husband has no children.
So we decided to try and conceive. Before the surgery, we learned that my tubal ligation was done by fimbriectomy. This was devastaing! Our obgyn stated that he could...
I am the Weight Loss Mother. As most women who have children do, I gained an excessive amount of weight. With my first son, I gained 65 pounds. I only lost 10 pounds before getting pregnant again and gaining 50 more pounds!
I went from being the skinny girl who could get whatever she wanted and not gain a pound to the big girl who gained weight from just looking at a milkshake.
Six months...
Hi there - my name is Kristin Wall and I'm a survivor of Cushing's syndrome. I'm a 32 year old artistic geek and have a 6 year old son named Mason.
I developed Cushing's syndrome during my last trimester of pregnancy. Before getting pregnant, I was an active, healthy, fit person. I spent all lot of my free time outdoors with and I was addicted to endurance sports, like biking and...
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...
I am a wife, mother and labor & delivery nurse. Life is pretty busy and trying to find a balance between all of these is the joy of my life. This past summer, I reached a goal of mine by running 5K races. I found myself unexpectedly pregnant this summer. Unfortunately, that pregnancy ended in my first miscarriage at 11 weeks. I had a D&C August 27, 2009. My blog...
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.
Creating families. For many, families an easily attained lifetime achievement. But too many others are unable to realize parenthood because of fertility issues. Alternative Reproductive Resources helps make parenthood possible. Since 1992, our agency has been creating a community, including trusted medical professionals, intended parents, and the egg donors and gestational surrogates whose...
