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A Natural Approach to (In)Fertility

by gidget family

As any of you who have been reading my blog for very long know, I have dealt with my own journey of infertility (recurrent pregnancy loss in my case). At this stage in the game, I am very thankful for the path that has lead my family to where we are now. I’m content with our family [...]

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All I Want For My Birthday is Our Baby

by gidget adoption

I’ve been updating and adding to my wish list lately. Because soon, I’ll be 29 (A couple of months ago, I honestly had to stop and think whether I was turning 30 this year or not. It took a minute to remember I wasn’t. One more year in my 20s!). I think having a winter [...]

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A Journey of Hope, Part 3

by gidget adoption

You can catch up by reading Part 1 and Part 2. “holding” one of her favorite baby friends So, this is the really cool part. Despite everything, we still had hopes for a bigger family. We always had said we wanted three or four kids, and the older Chiquita grows the more we desire a [...]

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A Journey of Hope, Part 2

by gidget adoption

On May 7th, 2007, we welcomed our miracle baby, our Chiquita, Gianna Brianne, into the world and our family. As she neared her first birthday, we began to think about getting pregnant again. We’d always wanted a big family, and after successfully carrying a pregnancy to term and birthing out a perfect little baby, the [...]

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A Journey of Hope

by gidget adoption

This is the series I’ve been really excited to write, the one where I tell you about the big project we’ve been working on, and explain how we got here… We’ve definitely been on a journey to build a family. For some families it comes easy, even too easy for some, but for us it’s [...]

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One of Our Favorite Spots

by gidget life is beautiful

We spent last weekend camping at one of our favorite places. It’s just a few miles from where we lived when I was pregnant with Chiquita and where we brought her home to after she was born. When I was pregnant we used to come walk down by the Huntington Beach Pier every week and [...]

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He Heals the Brokenhearted and Binds Up Their Wounds

by gidget faith

Some of you who were at BlissDom knew I wasn’t drinking Blisstinis for a reason… This week I should be 13 1/2 weeks pregnant. Yesterday I went in for an ultrasound after having a little spotting to find a baby measuring 10 weeks with no heartbeat. In an instant I was heartbroken in a way [...]

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Prayer for Today

by gidget faith

Today I’m going to see a fertility specialist for an evalution for recurrent miscarriages. This passage of scripture really spoke to me this week and it’s my prayer for today… Excerpts from Psalm 143 (NKJV): A Psalm of David. 1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, [...]

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