First Time Mom

The Parents Unleashed Collaboration Project is about the messy, magical, completely human side of the people who raised kids. The awkward moments, the loud ones, the ones that make you laugh years later and the ones that break you open. But for her, the wildest moment wasn’t a diaper explosion or a sleepless night. It was the day she became your mom. Your birth day. Because you weren’t just born. You were fought for. She and your dad tried for years. Hope became a cycle—build up, crash down, try again. Then came IVF. It sounded clinical, but it was anything but. Injections. Bloodwork. Early morning scans. Hormones that twisted her body into knots. Appointments that ran their lives. Then—one day—two pink lines. A heartbeat. A beginning. And then… nothing. A miscarriage. Quiet devastation. No nursery to dismantle—just a future that disappeared. She broke in a way she didn’t know was possible. But even in grief, a thread of hope pulled her forward. They weren’t done. You weren’t gone. Not yet. They tried again. And again. Until finally—you. You, the embryo that stayed. The heartbeat that grew stronger. The hope that held. She changed everything for you. Her food, her schedule, her sleep. She read every book. She practiced breathing like it would save her. She memorized labor positions and baby CPR. She decorated your room while holding her breath. And then, the day came. Hospital lights. Pain she never imagined. A moment she feared might vanish again. And then—you. Real. Warm. Crying. You won’t remember the day you were born. But she will never forget the day she met you—the day all the heartbreak, all the fear, all the waiting… ended. The day she was unleashed.