diblog | May 15, 2012
We started trying to have a baby in October 2003. By July 2004, my doctor was concerned and sent us for testing at a reproductive endocrinologist (RE). The appointment was on our wedding anniversary.
“You will never have a child naturally.”
“There is a 99.99999% chance that you will never conceive a child on [...]
diblog | July 11, 2010
It was the summer of 1974. I was 24 years old, married for one year. I was pregnant for the second time, but this was going to be my baby to keep.
My pregnancy was fairly uneventful. The only craving I had was for fried shrimp at 2 in the [...]
diblog | May 13, 2010
Like many things to do with pregnancy, it’s odd how much women’s stories can help other women more than any of the books out there. I learned that labour doesn’t necessarily happen like in the books – I was four centimetres dilated (beginning of active labour, right books?), but having 2-minute contractions every 2.5 minutes [...]
diblog | May 2, 2010
Thank you for being here! I hope you find what you came for.
Here is the story behind MotherGather. When I was first pregnant, I asked practically every mother I could find to tell me her birth stories. I wanted to hear what birth is really like, not the hypothetical situations you read about in pregnancy [...]
