Category: Birth Mother

Meet Angela! She's a long time friend of BraveLove's and one of our newest contributors to the Being A Birth Mom column... Hello! My name is Angela.  I am a

  Joy and pain being ever present at any given time. Of course, when I think about things for any length of time, I tend to see them in view

I was pregnant at 19 years old, freshman in college, scared, nervous, and alone. I didn’t realize I was pregnant until 7 months along, leaving 2 months to figure out

Warning: The content of this story contains very sensitive subjects and potentially distressing material about the effects of depression.  As a birth mom, I feel a special love for my

I was completely heartbroken to find out that I was expecting again. At the time my then husband and I were renting one bedroom from a family along with our

I talk about being a birth mom a lot. It’s something I am passionate about because I long to see human dignity stretch into adoption from all sides of the

This letter is intended to reach birth mothers who don’t quite understand their emotions yet of a new placement or even an old one. I hope it reaches someone who

At 15, I found myself 4 months pregnant. I was lost, ashamed, terrified and absolutely in love with the life growing inside me. When we told my half brother, he

Meet Allie! She's one of our newest contributors to the Being A Birth Mom column... Hey there, I'm Allie!  I am a birth mother, wife, daughter, blogger, manager and dog

I was first introduced to BraveLove when I attended their launch party in September of 2012. I was pregnant at the time. When I saw videos of different birth moms