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June is a celebration of fathers. Mothers are celebrated well, and rightly so. Mothers carry and deliver life and nurture and manage so much. But Dads. Dads are often the overlooked providers, the quiet pillars, the balance, the roughhouse, the "yes dears". Men that throw themselves wholeheartedly into fatherhood, who provide a validating and healthy stabilizing force to their families, are truly irreplaceable. It's the men that show little boys what manhood is through their

You have some symptoms, then a feeling, a hunch. You buy the test and wait the long five minutes with anticipation making your stomach flutter. Positive. Pregnant. You cry, you shake, you buy the first tiny outfit and eventually tell your family and friends. A baby. You are so excited and you picture your perfect newborn every day. But then…maybe your baby is coming and it just isn’t yet time. Maybe it’s the blood pressure, the sugars, the placenta. Maybe your baby stayed in

Not every baby will experience Period of Purple crying, but if yours does, remember, it is temporary and normal. Take things one day at a time and ask for support from your village whenever you need it. If you could use some extra support in this season, Beyond Birth Newborn Support would be honored to be there for you and your family.