How Parenthood Changed My Life

The question "How has parenthood changed your life?" was shared to me by Hive account@marillaanne, who found it from Hive account@alimamasstory, who originally got it from Hive account@iamjadeline. In this video I share just 2 of the ways its impacted me.

A little clarification, a molar pregnancy is a miscarriage that happens in the beginning at the cell division. They don't divide correctly causing the growth of cells but not organized into a baby. My complication happened when the cells intended to be the placenta actually embedded into the lining of my uterus instead of just attaching like normal. The methotrexate chemo was necessary to suppress the making of cells in my body to cause the cells in my uterus to die off and not multiply more. I had injections weekly for 12 weeks. It was protocol then to wait a year before getting pregnant to allow the chemo to be out of the system. I got intentionally pregnant with my first daughter almost an exact year of my last treatment.

My husband had a year's treatment of chemo in pill form. It's protocol to wait 6 months after the last dose before trying to get pregnant. I got pregnant at the end of the six month wait. For a little more about that pregnancy experience, read here: https://steemit.com/family/@violetjoy/we-were-warned-you-likely-won-t-have-any-other-children

If you have pets, do you brush off dropped food & still eat it? Or are we alone in this choice?

I'm curious how parenthood has changed you, let me know in the comments below or link up a video reply.