October 4, 2017. After the cerclage placement was successful, I was discharged from the hospital to remain at home on bedrest until the cerclage was scheduled to be removed at 36-37 weeks. It was going to be quite the adjustment for me. I was used to working five days a week, cooking, cleaning, running errands, going... Continue Reading →

Well, there we were. Pregnant with our rainbow. And the plan that we had set in place with our doctor was about to begin. We told our family and friends to have as much support as possible and there were so many hugs and happy tears from everyone. This time was going to be different, everyone felt... Continue Reading →

This is a post that I have been dreading. Going back, reflecting and writing about what we have been through over the past year... The start of our journey to our rainbow baby and how we got to where we are today. Writing is therapeutic, it helps me process my grief, but it also can take... Continue Reading →

My past blogs have gone back in time and have told the story of our daughter, Brooklyn. I had planned to eventually catch up to my present day life and had hoped that time would be around March of this year when we were bringing our son home... Surprise... I was pregnant... Only our closest... Continue Reading →

Everything happened so fast the night Brooklyn was born... I had to be taken to the OR after delivering her because my placenta would not come out. My parents were still in the Philippines and my mom was not scheduled to arrive back until the next evening. Luckily, my mother in law came to the... Continue Reading →

Thanksgiving Day - November 24, 2016. This was the day that I was admitted into Labor & Delivery. The day that changed everything. This is honestly the most difficult, painful and traumatizing experience to talk about and a piece of me still feels like I am trapped in that place... In that hospital, waiting for everything... Continue Reading →

It has been almost two months since I have blogged, but here I am... So let's try this again... In the midst of this blogging journey and living my day to day life, I deal with the grief and pain of the absence of our daughter... It is a struggle every single day... And with... Continue Reading →

Marcus and I didn't debate much on whether or not we were having a boy or girl. We knew we were having a girl. We always imagined having a girl first. It was something we talked about before we had even started trying. We always discussed girl names, what our daughter would look like and... Continue Reading →

September 23, 2016. We had made it out of our first trimester and thought that it was safe to tell people now. For weeks, we had tried to think of the perfect way to announce our newest journey to the world and we had finally found it. We were going to incorporate a piece of each... Continue Reading →