Category: Preparing for birth

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Parenting home insemination kit Six years ago, I found myself in a hospital for an ultrasound. After experiencing a second-trimester miscarriage, I desperately needed to confirm that the Rainbow Baby I was carrying was alive. The good news was that she was. However, the doctor informed me that she had a condition known as “diffuse…

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