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Living in the Shadow of Being a Birth Mother – Guest Post for Portland Moms Blog

May 17, 2015

In honor of birth mother’s day on 5/9 and Mother’s Day on 5/10, I wrote a guest post for the Portland Moms Blog, for whom I hope to be regularly contributing in the future. I am a wife of ten years, and stay-at-home mother to three little ones under eight. From an outsider’s perspective, I […]

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Open Adoption: A Living Miracle – Megan’s Story

April 9, 2014

I don’t remember significant portions of 2007, but what I do remember is mostly traumatic. In the fall of that year my first child, John Henry, was safely and miraculously brought earthside. After a pregnancy plagued by a rare neurological disorder triggered by high levels of progesterone, we were sternly warned to never attempt another […]

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Hi! I'm Wynter. Wife to Jonathan and mama to Chloe, Adaya and Liam. I am a writer, artist, MarCom professional, freelance editor, and an avid gardener, TV lover and chocolate-covered cherries addict. Come back here each week for new, powerful stories of motherhood from real moms across the mother spectrum. Read More…

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