Category: Birth Stories

Birth Stories

I Thought I Was Having a Stroke

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Rylie, A First-Time Mother’s Journey I was 35 when I became a mother for the first time. Pregnancy had always felt like something I might never get to experience. Not because anything was wrong, but because life simply moved in other directions. There were career changes, delays, and the constant…

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Birth Stories

Mavis, Mother of two

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Pregnancy. It’s such a simple word for a journey that’s anything but simple. For me, it was nine months (and almost 5 extra days) of carrying a little life I hadn’t yet met but already loved fiercely. My body became a vessel of change: the aches, the excitement, the endless…

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The stories shared on this blog may draw inspiration from real-life experiences in healthcare and other settings. However, all identifying details—such as names, ages, locations, and timelines—have been altered or fictionalized to ensure complete confidentiality. In many cases, characters are composites or entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or deceased, is purely coincidental. These narratives are intended to explore shared human experiences, not to reflect or reveal the identity of any specific individual.