by April Leiffer Henry | May 30, 2021 | Pregnancy and Birth Stories
Author’s Note: This birth story was originally written by hand in my journal on June 9, 2007. During the summer of 2006, my husband Mike and I decided we would start trying to have a baby. I stopped taking birth control in July, and we were planning to see what...
by April Leiffer Henry | Mar 1, 2021 | Pregnancy Loss Stories
After my miscarriage last year, I endured several months of irregular cycles. Frustrated, I began seeing a reproductive endocrinologist in September. “What’s your goal?” my doctor asked. “To have normal periods or to get pregnant?” “Yes,” I replied. I wanted the...
by April Leiffer Henry | Feb 19, 2020 | Pregnancy Loss Stories
During the first week of December 2019, I was feeling very pre-menstrual. Moody, crampy, bloated, sore. I was sure my period would start any second. The days kept passing, and I said to my husband, “I thought my period would’ve started by now.” He...
by April Leiffer Henry | Sep 15, 2019 | Pregnancy Loss Stories
The first time I got pregnant, it was easy. I had been on birth control for a little over a year. As soon as I stopped taking it, my cycles resumed and we conceived the next month. A few months after my son was born, I got an intrauterine device (IUD). I lived the...
by April Leiffer Henry | Sep 10, 2019 | Pregnancy and Birth Stories
Hi, friends. April here with a special guest post from my brave friend, Brittany Brooks Brim. Over the years, I’ve encouraged and helped other women to write their birth stories. A few months ago, when I shared the story of my second pregnancy loss,...
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