As a New Mom

I currently have 5,259 photos on my phone and 1,981 of them are of my nearly six-month old daughter. I’ve always loved babies and wanted one of my own but it’s hard for me to look at newborn photos of her because it breaks my heart: I physically feel my chest tighten and a pit in my stomach form.

My husband and I prayed everyday before getting pregnant for the ability to conceive and an uneventful pregnancy resulting in a perfectly healthy…