I lost a kidney and have just recently found a path to take because a Doctor took the time to listen and realized I was not a hypochondriac or a big overly sensitive, stressed, depressed woman. (yes, lots of justified sarcasm).
I was athletic, very lean and continued to stay fit by enjoying bike rides and playing recreational co-ed softball. However, when I started a family at 25, I had...
Suzanne Myers is the Founder and Director of Heartfelt Egg Donation.
Suzanne knows first-hand the range of emotions that can accompany infertility. She also knows the heartfelt joy that can be realized through egg donation. An entrepreneur with more than two decades of well-rounded business, operational and management experience, Suzanne Myers...
I am 32, married with three children ages 11, 8, and 3. After giving birth to three amazing children, I have gained 70 pounds and lost sight of who I am. I struggled to learn the balance of managing a family and taking time out for me. The result I put myself last and my family first. I learned that I was not only unfair to myself but also my family too. So I decided to take control back over my...
I was born on August 8th 1991. Two or more weeks premature. I spent the first three and a half years of my life in a Romanian orphanage, on the third year one of the caretakers attempted to kill me by throwing me down the stairs for complaining that she was stealing food. I suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury with skull fracture. I remember waking up in the hospital. Because of the premature birth...
Ashley's Mom (Deborah), once a police officer, is now a computer professional who balances her work life and her very busy home life as the single parent of four unique children.
Deborah's birth son, Chip, is 18 years old and will be going off to college in the Fall of 2009. When Chip was 5 years old, Deborah adopted her daughter, Ashley. Ashley, now 14years old, was born 14 weeks...
My name is VENKATESHWAR RAO MAMIDALA
MY PROFESSION MEDICAL ASTROGIST
I researched Scientifically and Astrologically on 1.Infertility problems in Male or Female, How to solve it with Healthy food etc., How to give Birth to Healthy and Brilliant child.2. Health problems. Every one can solve their...
About to give birth for the first, hopefully not the last, time. Had no big problems with my pregnancy. I was heavy before I got pregnant and so when this baby comes I will be even heavier...there I have a problem. I would like to lose about 88 pounds in his first year so that I will be able to be the active soccer mom and not the slug mom lying around on the couch watching tv with the kids....
I decided to join this site for some extra motivation, support & to meet new people. My name is (Keish) Keisha & I am a New Mommy on a Mission!! I recently gave birth to my first child, a daughter this past April. Much to my dismay, I gained 86 pounds!!!!!!! I've never weighed so much in my life.
I know that it took nine months to build my baby-growing body. So I'm going to...
Ava~Hope for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
I am passionate about teaching parents how to advocate for their child's health. My third daughter Ava was born with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. CDH is when (inside of the womb) the diaphragm does not form properly. The abdominal organs move up into the chest cavity, compromising the heart and lungs. Half of all babies born with this birth...
I'm Catherine, the author of Reuben Jack & Callum Andreas. Reuben was born with CHARGE Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder affecting 1 in 10,000 births. This is the story of the challenges I as their mother faced in conceiving after 6 years of infertility, surgery and IVF, the miraculous story of Reuben who has undergone 10 surgeries including Open Heart and the wonderful addition of Callum to...
