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We met, my husband and I, right after COVID, and within, I think, three or four months, started talking about getting married. We were engaged, married in October of 2021, and then started trying like a month after. We got lucky that we were immediately able to have a viable pregnancy, and that's where we're … Continue reading 18.

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It was a bigger shift for me, I think internally, than I anticipated, because it was such a shift of my personal identity as well. I went from being a full time working mom and having that whole life during the day- relationships at work that were not revolving around my home life- and then … Continue reading 16.

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Collins was breach, and we did what we could to get her to flip, and she wouldn't. So we ended up in a C section. That one wasn't a huge deal. That forced me to think about the fact that I had to make a choice the next time. And it wasn't like, an easy … Continue reading 14.

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I still have my port installed. Every oncologist is different. MD Anderson tends to be, like, very fatalistic and like, you'll probably have it until you die. Most oncologists say if you can be cancer free for like a year, they'll remove it. It doesn't bother me that much. My daughter likes to crawl up … Continue reading 13.

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We are incredibly underappreciated for everything that we do. I was teaching when I was pregnant, and everything was really great from the beginning, and everything was going well, and morning sickness wasn't really a huge deal. I would get evening sickness, but it was like, I would throw up one time and I'd be … Continue reading 12.