Tag: emotional journey
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Navigating the Journey of Unaccompanied Minors: A Parent’s Perspective
Get Pregnant Fast As summer approaches, conversations about family vacations take center stage—especially regarding sending kids off to exciting destinations like theme parks and summer camps. This gives parents a well-deserved chance to reconnect as couples, free from parenting duties for a couple of weeks each year. When my son, Max, was just six years…
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My Son’s Learning Struggles and the Reassuring Words I Needed to Hear
Get Pregnant Fast As I perched awkwardly in a child-sized chair, my knees squeezed against my chest, I fought the instinct to flee. The well-groomed woman before me, with her strong features and warm smile, was not easing my discomfort; in fact, her sympathetic expression hinted at the difficult conversation ahead. I braced myself for…
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Why I Hold Onto the Heart-Wrenching Memories of My Lost Premature Babies
Get Pregnant Fast June 23, 2013: A date forever etched in my heart. How can a single day embody both the height of joy and the depths of despair? It was the day my triplets entered this world, yet tragically, it was also the day I lost my first child. As first-time parents, my partner…
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Navigating Senior Year: The College Application Journey
Get Pregnant Fast This blog post is part of an ongoing series where a stay-at-home mom documents her youngest daughter’s final year of high school and the college admissions journey. Alongside this, she reflects on her own transition as she prepares for an empty nest and contemplates her next steps now that her role at…
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The Missing Piece: Experiencing the Loss of a Twin
Get Pregnant Fast Two years ago, I found myself on an unexpected emotional journey when I discovered I was pregnant again, just under a year after the birth of my daughter, Lily. The news was still settling in—two under two was a big deal! During my early July appointment with my OB to confirm the…
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The 100 Days of Darkness with a Newborn
Get Pregnant Fast “How old is your little one?” a woman asked, barely older than me, as I tossed a few bars of chocolate into my cart—two of which were earmarked as my reward for finally getting the baby to sleep that afternoon. “Almost 3 months,” I replied, squinting against the glaring lights while hastily…
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I’m Experiencing Baby Fever, But Not in the Way You Might Think
Get Pregnant Fast I find myself longing for a baby. Not a third child, and no, I’m not looking to adopt your little one (nice try, though). What I truly crave is to relive those early days with my own children. Whether it’s a boy or a girl doesn’t matter—maybe even both, but definitely not…
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To the Parents of High School Seniors
Get Pregnant Fast Dear Parent of a High School Senior, As I write this, I want to clarify that I’m not a parent of a high school senior myself; my children are still quite young—one is about to start kindergarten, while the other is just a toddler. However, I’ve spent over a decade as a…