Aloha my name is Stacie and I am "mom" to 4 beautiful children. This site is began as the journey through my 5th pregnancy which I referred to as our "Unexpected Blessing." But it's also become a site about loss, dealing with miscarrige, renewed hope, and the road beyond this challenge in life.
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There are a lot of comments made to women who have a lot of children. People say things like “Don’t you have cable?” Or they look at a pregnant women that has a bunch of little ones and ask, “You know how that’s happening right?” While it’s difficult for some to understand why a family […]
It’s stories like this that force you to put your world in perspective. Here’s the story of a mom who brought her beautiful son into the world this week.
Her son was overdue. She posted on a message board in her Due Date Club that she was going in to be induced. She was a little […]
So a while back I made a post about selling our house - well, the good news is that we just accepted an offer on it last night and should be in escrow today! We also don’t have to worry about how our appraisal comes in because the buyer has agreed to guarantee us a […]
Wow! I am now 25 weeks pregnant with just 15 more to go. The number of weeks completed now seems like a significant amount more than the number of weeks left. AND soon I’ll be in the 3rd trimester. I can’t believe it! I’m definitely getting stronger kicks now and had some pretty good Braxton […]
Okay - this is a bit off topic, but GroovySkin.com features my favorite skin and hair care products. One thing I do NOT like to have to deal with when I’m pregnant, especially during the summer, is long hair that isn’t behaving. I hate taking a nice cool shower, then getting all hot […]
Okay, I talked about visualizing my due date in a previous post. AT the time I was a bit undecided at what due date I wanted. But now I’m going to go ahead and choose the 7th for a number of personal reasons. We’ll see what happens. My husbands cousin wanted […]
So I had my dr’s appointment yesterday and it was short and sweet and uneventful. Just the way I like it. I did find out, though, that I gained 6 lbs in the last 4 weeks. That’s my biggest weight gain between visits so far. It does sort of explain why my maternity clothes are […]