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A Tale of Two Newborns | Becoming Mom – Mommy Blog and Photography — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:40:01 +0000

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By: Raquel

Raquel — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:03:19 +0000

i may have missed something as well… but… i had mine at 39 going on 40 and lots of my friends here in lalaland have as well so if the desire if there its worth trying!

love the pic and your site!

By: jesicalea

jesicalea — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:21:11 +0000

Aww he is so sweet with that doll.

I can sort of relate to your longing for a second child. I had a lot of difficulty getting pregnant. No IVF but other issues.

After a long time of trying we’d pretty much given up. I prayed for at least one child..boy or girl..I didn’t care. My prayer was answered 3 months later. I’m very thankful but the pull is still there a lot of the time. Especially now that my baby girl is 3 and asking for a little sister or brother.

I just don’t know if another will ever happen.

I’ll be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Take care!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:22:39 +0000

No words of wisdom to share (in fact, I too would desperately love to have another baby and know that will likely never be.) I just wanted to send a hug and some support. Jasper is darling and is lucky to have such an amazing mom. :)

By: Susana

Susana — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:48:42 +0000

I want to echo what someone earlier said – you have unmet friends rooting for you. I’ve followed you since becoming-home and have learned so much from you. You are a terrific mom and I wish you the best.

By: Abi

Abi — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:50:32 +0000

im so in LOVE with your hat. I’m going to need atleast 10 of these for my sweet boy :)

By: Sara B.

Sara B. — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:14:07 +0000

I’m so sorry, Ariana. I can’t have another child for medical reasons (not IF). Details here:

http://takingontheworldwithourboy.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-may-be-1-and-done-but-id-rather-be-2.html

It’s definately left me with a mixed bag of emotions: grateful to have experienced pregnancy and to have a healthy, wonderful child, but bitterness that I can’t make a choice about the size of my family (especially when it feels like everyone else in the world is on their 2nd, 3rd, etc…we have some friends and family pregnant with their 5th and 6th and its like a knife to my uterus!).

Sending you big peaceful ((HUGS))!

By: Juliana

Juliana — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:31:24 +0000

Ariana, I just saw your post and I would like to send you hugs and kisses (here in Brasil a hug never goes without a kiss!). Like Heather, I don’t know if I have missed something in the posts before Jasper was born, but being 37 is not something that can keep you from having another child. Everyday you see examples of other women who had not just one, but two or three…
Meanwhile, just enjoy the time you have with your little one (as you already do, I am sure) and all the newborns that you will photograph! And, maybe, before you know you will just get the wonderful positive exam.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:46:22 +0000

I understand the ache. I know my son (15 months) would be such a great big brother and I would love him to have a sibling. I’m from a family of 6 kids… so that is all I know. I also struggle with infertility and Noah was an absolute miracle. Now with my age (42)… it will be the miracle of all miracles if I was able to have another. In any case, I think it’s OK to appreciate what you have and yet still have some yearning for more. It’s completely normal.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:08:54 +0000

((((hugs))))
I’m sorry for your heartache… it would break my heart not to have another baby, too.
What an absolutely precious photo of Jasper!