Brooke's stunning plus size maternity photos blew me away! As she shared, “After almost 2 years and many treatments, we conceived our miracle baby! My pregnancy was tough but she is everything to me.” When I asked Brooke if she wanted to tell her birth...
Like many cesarean birth moms, Heather has heard people say, “having a c-section is an easy way out.” As you'll read below, Heather's birth experience was anything besides easy. It was traumatic. There's no type of birth that's easier than others. No birth...
Healthy, happy pregnancy, traumatic birth, and postpartum journey, most amazing and heartwarming joy. In that order. Let me first say that I was terrified of being pregnant. I thought that because I was plus size, I couldn’t have a healthy pregnancy. But my bod...
Birth trauma is real, PTSD birth trauma is real, and more people are coming forward to share their birth trauma stories! A few years ago, Cristen Pascucci, founder of Birth Monopoly, and photographer Lindsay Askins collaborated on Expositing The Silence. Their...
In 2015 at the age of 30 I was diagnosed with low ovarian reserve. Basically, I was running out of eggs and was advised to start In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) if I wanted my own biological children. We started saving immediately, while still trying to...
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.