1 pregnancy & 1 birth I’m not really sure how to tell my story, I had it all typed out and deleted it because it ended up being a jumbled mess. It’s much easier to just list the major points so bear with me! (: -18 when I got pregnant..5’2 and itty bitty with curves [...]
Toxemia
Age: 23 Number of Pregnancies and Births: 2 pregnancies, 1 birth, 1 baby in heaven Age of child and how far post-partum: Isabella 6 months and four days old. I am 6 months and four days post- partum I found this site from a woman who posted this site on the Birth Without Fear facebook [...]
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Belly,
Butt,
First Pregnancy,
Postpartum,
Pregnant,
Submissions,
Toxemia,
Vulva/Vaginal Damage
Age: 21 7 months PP 1 pregnancy Pre-pregnancy weight: 150 Current weight: About 190 Let me start off by saying that I’ve never liked my body! Before I got pregnant I weighed 150 lbs. About a year before I was pregnant I weighed around 180 and after working as housekeeping I lost 30 lbs. When [...]
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Before Pregnancy,
Belly,
First Pregnancy,
PPD – Postpartum Depression,
Pregnant,
Submissions,
Toxemia
~Age: 22 ~Number of pregnancies and births: 1/1 ~The age of your children, or how far postpartum you are: 5.5 month old ds/5.5 months pp As long as I can remember, I have struggled with body image issues. All throughout my school years, I was always the big/fat/chunky/chubby/amazon woman or what have you. I was [...]
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Before Pregnancy,
Belly,
Cesarean,
First Pregnancy,
Plus-Sized Mom,
Postpartum,
Pregnant,
Submissions,
Toxemia
Age: 33 Number of pregnancies/birth: 2 Age of children: 6-year-old daughter and 7 months-old son, 7 months post-partum I’ve been visiting SOAM for the last four years since I had my daughter and I wish to thank warmly all those wonderful women who’ve had the courage to post their stories and voice out their fears. [...]
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Belly,
Cesarean,
Complications in Pregnancy,
Mom over 30,
Postpartum,
Submissions,
Toxemia
age 22 2 pregnancies and children aged 3 1/2 and 10mnths I had split up with my boyfriend 2 weeks before I found out I was 8 weeks pregnant with my first daughter. Before the pregnancy I had never been over 50kg in my life (I am 5ft 1in). I smoked 50cigarrettes a day, smoked [...]
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Belly,
Breasts,
Butt,
Cesarean,
Children with Health Complications,
Postpartum,
Second Pregnancy,
Submissions,
Toxemia
I gained 65 pounds with my son. It’s not that I was overeating; quite the opposite was true. I started uncontrollably gaining weight (sometimes 7-9 lbs a week) and finally the doctor caught on. I had pre-eclampsia. Needless to say, all that extra water stretch my skin out something bad. On July 12, I gave [...]
I had my son in 2008, and shortly after decided that I would pursue my dream of helping an infertile couple have a child. I met a wonderful couple in November, and by March 2009 we had contracts signed, and were moving ahead to transfer day! We transferred two embryo’s in May, (not my genetics) [...]
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Belly,
Cesarean,
Cesarean Scar and/or Incision,
Postpartum,
Second Pregnancy,
Submissions,
Surrogacy,
Toxemia,
Twins
I have been engaged to my fiance for 2 years when we moved out of the dorms and into our first apartment together, less than a month later I was pregnant, about a month later I found out ‘it’ was ‘them.’ I found out I was pregnant with twins at an abortion clinic. I wanted [...]
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Belly,
Breastfeeding,
Breasts,
First Pregnancy,
Gestational Diabetes,
NICU,
Preemie,
Pregnant,
Submissions,
Toxemia,
Twins
When I met my husband I was a 117lb senior in highschool. We got married December after we graduated (I was 18). 4 months into our marriage I found out I was pregnant. My first pregnancy was text book until I hit 37 weeks and Toxemia set in and I ballooned. I was 135lbs when [...]