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I have the saddest of news to share. Despite an uneventful and healthy pregnancy my water unexpectedly broke at 19w5d. This meant I had Pre-term Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM). So, our baby was no longer surrounded by amniotic fluid, and doctors gave us a very poor prognosis. We were told that the baby would have a 50% chance […]

Before kids, my sunscreen strategy for myself and Mr. Piñata was to use whatever sunscreen I happened to find on clearance. I was pretty fond of the spray sunscreens because they made application so easy, but I was happy with whatever I could find that was cheap. But once we had kids I really started doing […]

On one hand I wonder where the time has gone, and on the other hand I’m dying to hit the official second trimester on Thursday! I originally thought the second trimester started at 13 weeks, so I will admit I was disappointed when I opened my pregnancy apps that morning to discover I still had one more week left. […]

I’m excited to get rid of the anonymity and announce that this winter the Piñata family will be a family of 5! We are still shocked that our first round of IVF was successful and feel so grateful that there is a little life growing inside of me that we can’t wait to meet in […]

I have shared about our relationship with Little Piñata’s birthmother in the past in 2 different posts. But, it’s been 2 years since I wrote about it and as we all know, relationships are always changing, so our relationship with his birthmother is no different. We have continued to email her updates and pictures every month or […]

Sweet P started Early Intervention a month ago, and it has been such a positive experience so far! We started with a developmental therapist/early childhood specialist who comes to our house once a week. Even thought Sweet P has been notorious about going to or even smiling at new people, she has loved Ms. Jen from […]

When we were first diagnosed with infertility my world crumbled. I know that sounds dramatic, but from the time I was a little girl the majority of my hopes and dreams revolved around motherhood. I remember in 4th grade when our teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up, and I […]