Pregnancy Journals:

Carrie's Twin Pregnancy Journal ~ Carrie and her husband, Tim, have been married nearly eight years. They have a terrific son, Tyler (7) and are a very active family. They were very excited about their second pregnancy - twins! Carrie vaginally delivered Caylee and Cayden at 39 weeks on July 9, 2008, both big and healthy.

Marisa's Pregnancy Journal ~ Marisa (25), and her husband, Jeremiah, have been married for over a year but together for a long time. Marisa is a high school English teacher, and Jeremiah is a police officer. They were very excited to be expecting their first baby who made her dramatic appearance a week overdue via stat c-section on July 23, 2008.

Barbara's Pregnancy Journal ~ Barbara and Jerry are the proud parents of Stephanie (16), Katie (13), Jacob (10), Dominic (5), and Quinton (2). Barbara is a stay-at-home homeschooling mom, and the whole family is eagerly anticipating another blessing around August 2, 2008. Join Barbara as she takes us through her pregnancy week by week!

Katie's Pregnancy Journal ~ Katie and her husband, Mike, have been married since May 2003. After four miscarriages and six cycles of unsuccessful infertility treatments, they conceived through their first IVF procedure. Now they are anxiously counting down to their long awaited due date of September 2, 2008. Join Katie as she takes us through her pregnancy week by week.

Taren's Twin Pregnancy Journal ~ Taren (21) is a single mom of a nearly two year old daughter. She is also pregnant with fraternal twin boys who are due around September 18, 2008. When Taren was 5 weeks, she split up with her children's father, and moved back home. This is Taren's story of single motherhood and counting down to the birth of her twins week by week.

Laura's Pregnancy Journal ~ Laura (36) and her husband, Dan (30), are the proud parents of 5 1/2 year old boy/girl twins. After a miscarriage in May 2006, they are finally pregnant again and due September 18, 2008. Join Laura as she takes us through her pregnancy week by week.

Robin's Pregnancy Journal ~ Robin (33) and her husband Rob (39) are the parents of four handsome boys: Zakaree (12), Chayce (7), Keighgan (4) and Matheu (1 1/2). After a vasectomy in December 2007, Robin and Rob got the shock of their lives to find themselves expecting blessing #5 sometime around October 24, 2008.

Tamira's Pregnancy Journal ~ Tamira (31) and her husband, Gary, are the proud parents of Brooke (13), Rachel (10) and Violet. Violet, is a StorkNet baby and born October 19, 2006! They were quite surprised to learn they are expecting again and due around November 20, 2008. Here is Tamira's journal week by week.

Amanda's Pregnancy Journal ~ Amanda (23) and her husband, Hank (25) have been married four years and are the proud parents of Gabriel (3 1/2). They are expecting their second baby some time around November 23, 2008.

Nancy's Pregnancy Journal ~ Nancy (41) and Darius (44) have been married for 22 years. They have 5 living children--Joshua (18), KayCee (16), Jesse (8), Noah (4) and Elora (2). They've also experienced two miscarriages. They are pregnant for the 8th time and this new little one is due around November 28, 2008.

Brandy's Pregnancy Journal ~ Brandy (29) and her husband, Brandon (29), have been married about 1 1/2 years. They are the proud parents of Hope (3) and Grace (9 months). Brandy is a full time paralegal at a law firm and her husband is a full time student. They were very surprised to learn that they were pregnant again and due around January 13, 2009.

Christy's Pregnancy Journal ~ Christy (31) is married to her best friend, Chris (32), who is a Marine. They are also the proud parents of Trysta (almost 3). Baby #2 is on the way and eagerly anticipated around February 22, 2009.

Aberlee's Pregnancy Journal ~ Aberlee (23) and her husband, Andrew (25), are a military family (Army) living far away from their families. They decided to start trying for their first baby in June in hopes of delivering before Andrew is deployed in Summer 2009. Luckily, they conceived right away and their first baby is due around March 20, 2008.

Completed Pregnancy/Adoption Journals

Trying to Conceive:

Melody's Trying to Conceive Journal ~ Melody (22), and her husband, Chris, are the proud parents of an adorable son, Atticus, conceived after nearly two years of trying. They are taking the plunge again and hope to add another amazing little person to their family.

Stephanie's Trying to Conceive Journal ~ Stephanie (26) and her husband, Sim, have been married for seven years. They have two sons, Jeffery (5) and Owen (3). They've decided to try for another baby. This is Stephanie's journal chronicling her path to achieving her third pregnancy.

Parenting Journals:

Current:

Heather (34) and her husband, Brian (36), are the proud parents of FIVE children: Alexander (9), Maria (6), Sydney (4 1/2), Isabella (2 1/2), and Katelynn (1). Join Heather and she shares her experiences of parenting times five!

Tara's Working Mom's Journal ~ Tara (35) and Bill (40) had their first child on November 24, 2006. Cameron is a StorkNet Baby! Tara has a daughter from a previous marriage and Bill has a son from his previous marriage. This is Tara's story of juggling the ups and downs of being a working mother.

Shawna's Single Parenting Journal ~ Shawna (30) is a recently divorced mom of a 3 year old son, Keegan. She works full time so makes every moment she has with Keegan as special as possible. Join Shawna as she takes us through the ups and downs of single parenthood.

Concluded:

Gayesy's Parenting After Loss Journal ~ Andrew and Gaye live in Australia and are the proud parents of Thomas, born in February 1997. They were joyously expecting their second baby when Nicholas died unexpectedly around the 15th week in December 2000. Gaye conceived again and delivered a perfect baby daughter, Katelyn Grace, four days past her due date, on February 26, 2002. This is the sequel to Gayesy's pregnancy journal, parenting baby Katelyn.

Paige's Parenting Journal ~ Paige and Michael are the proud parents of Stuart (12), Caitlyn (10), Brigid (3) and Maureen who was born June 24, 2003. Paige kept a journal with us during her pregnancy with Maureen. Now she continues her journal as she shares her joy in parenting this precious new member of her family.

Vonda's Parenting a Preemie Journal ~ Vonda and Bruce are the proud parents of Adriana, born at 28 weeks due to severe pre-eclampsia. Adriana weighed 2 lbs, 2 oz, and spent seven weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit. She doesn't appear to have any long term affects of her prematurity or too many problems physically, but she is developmentally delayed. Join Vonda as she shares the ups and downs of parenting a precious preemie.

Real Life Journals:

Kay's Family Building Journal ~ a story of infertility and adoption ~ This is a very special journal as Kay Grames takes us through her infertility treatments, death of her son, and the successful adoption of a beautiful baby girl. Kay has posted an update on the past three years with her very special daughter.

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