Topic : Having a Baby Has Changed My Life

This I know to be true in many ways. Mind you Stephanie is now 3 years old and isn't a baby anymore, but she still has changed my husband's and my life forever. 

To start with we never thought that we would ever be able to have children as my hubby had been told many years ago that it would be very unlikely that he'd be able to father any children what so ever due to have a Zero Sperm Count. I know all this before we got married so I know what could lie ahead for us, No Children at all.  Mind you we didn't just get married to have children we got married because we loved each enough that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. 

Well over the years we did try many times to fall pregnant and of course nothing happened. So, after years of trying we gave up and just got on with life thinking that we would never have any children.  

And then one day out of the blue we did fall pregnant and thats how Stephanie came into our lives. To us she is a beautiful gift from God and we are just so very thankful to God each and every day for our beautiful Stephanie.   

Well Stephanie has changed our lives but for the better for us, we don't know what we would do if we didn't have our little girl. Well you all TAKE CARE and thank you for reading this message. LOVE KELLY. 

I too never thought I could have children then at 36 I became pregnant.  My husband and I have both been married before.  His first wife didn't want children so how wonderful it was when we found out Conner was coming into our lives.  He is now 2 and the absolute love of my life.  So many people told me you never know love as you do with a child.  I never realized just how right they were until I had my own.  Who would have ever thought I would be singing Barney songs all day and laughing to Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street.  I think he is hilarious.  Who would have ever thought I would worry so much about crazy things that may never happen.  Who would have thought I would eat dinner at 6:00 instead of 9:00. Who would have ever thought how much we talk about poop *lol*  The list is endless.  Having my son is the BEST thing that has ever happened to me.  I could never imagine life without him. 

I had our son (also our second marriages but he has two ages 16 & 13 from his first marriage) at the age of 35 and then surprise again and our daughter was born when I was 37.  They are now 4 and 2 years old and I can't imagine life without them!  (Yes you do watch the kids shows with them no matter how hard you try not to and you do talk about things you wouldn't otherwise for example poop!) ;-)   

And yes, you don't know love til you have a child...not only for your child but for your spouse as well everytime your child does something that remind you of him or her or when they interact and you just watch!  (I can do that for hours too!) 

Marie 

My son dylan...i am 20 years old and i did a stupid thing when i was 18, barely, i got pregnant, Now this was the hardest thing i had every done i was just a kid didnt know any better i met a guy and we talked for a couple months then bam dylan was coming no if ands or buts, so many nights i cried because i kept telling my self that i could do this that i wasnt ready that i wanted to wait until i got married, Well Dylan is now 20 months old and i couldnt have been more blessed, he has changed my life around, he made me grow up, made me become an adult, I look back and dont know where i would be or who i would have become if i wouldnt of had dylan but you know what none of that bothers me because i love who i have become and i am still with Dylans father we arent married and a part of me is glad, Although i am still young and dont get to go out much i wouldnt change anything in the world, because i know that i am the happiest i have ever been in my life.  

I too recently became a new mom. I am 28 years old and had been dating my fiance for a little over a year when we were moving in together last year. In the middle of our move I noticed that I had missed my cycle and was just not feeling right. We chalked this up to Texas sinus and kept moving. Then we took the test and it showed we were having a baby. That was the first of our new found relationship "nothing is ever easy" is what we call it. In the middle of being pregnant I did not want to be engaged, plan a wedding and look for a new home. So we started with finding a home. Well again nothing can be easy for us. Our son Dylan decided he was just took happy and needed to come out almost 3 months early, that is right he was born at 29 weeks. Dylan did have some complications that resulted in his delivery. My blood pressure had risen so high that my body started rejecting Dylan and they saw on the ultrasound that he had hemorrhaging in his brain. Thus at 400 the doctor advised they were taking Dylan and at 415 he was here. Since then Dylan had to spend 84 days in the NICU and has undergone 3 surgeries, with the most recent being on 10/05. During all of this we decided that my fiance, yes we decided to get engaged after moving into the house a week after Dylan was born, decided to become the stay at home parent. Mr MOM...... This was decided b/c Dylan ended up having to spend several days weekly at all different Doctor offices and had to do OT with the state appointed therapist and nutritionist. We have now been denied our Medicaid and SSI and are in the appeal process, did not think this would go away and now on one income WOW the extra cost my insurance does not pick up is eating us alive. With all of this it is something new daily with Dylan and we are just so Thankful that God continues to bless us in overcoming these issues. Dylan never let's it get him down though, he just keeps on the best he can and acts as if nothing is wrong. he is just so cute. We love him so much. He has had his own website since he was born to keep everyone across the globe advised of his current  condition and our friends and family have been great. With that being said TRUST me I was so happy to return to work, it is my escape. However, please do not do what I did and get too involved with work that you spend all your time with it. Work will always be there, but your family has to come first, they need YOU. It is okay to need a break and it does not make you a bad parent at all, just be careful at how many and how long your breaks are. In addition you also have to remember to keep your relationship with DAD... This is something we could use advise on, we are such great friends that sometimes that is all we are anymore. We are working so hard at everything else we kinda put us on the back burner....