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another addition to the family 💕 by @gianna.menken

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2 months ago

baby journey post number one. i can’t wait to be parents with you.💙💙 by @gianna.menken

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2 years ago

haven’t posted in awhile so here’s some pics from a couple months ago 🤭 by @gianna.menken

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he wanna hang with a bad bitch 🤷🏻‍♀️ by @gianna.menken

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7 months ago

a year ago today,on this day,i would come face to face with death.year ago today my son would be born 10 weeks too early.a year ago today the girl i was would never exist again. while my body was shutting down on one side of the room,my son was being born on the other side,not breathing.no crying, no movement,nothing but silence.he was taken from me before i could even see what he looked like,before i could even touch him.before i even knew if he was alive.moments of silence then all you heard was one cry.he was rushed to the nicu and from that moment on his life was measured in seconds,every breath he took hurt him,and yet he still kept going.my baby died.more than once.he died in my arms.i watched his tiny body turn blue.i watched it go limp,i felt it go limp.i watched as doctors ripped his clothes off,pushed on his chest,had an oxygen mask on him forcing oxygen into him while i stood there powerless.fell to the floor crying bc i couldn’t accept this was it. time froze. the room disappeared.for over a minute my son was gone.in that moment i truly believed i just watched my child leave this world right after i brought him into it.after only one month of being his mom.i was screaming inside my head begging God to take my place instead.it wasn’t supposed to be like this,it can’t be like this.even after he came back the nightmare didn’t end.i knew something was wrong,i felt it in my bones.i told the nurses,i told the doctors,i begged them to listen to me.yet they didn’t.we got discharged anyways.and i went home carrying fear so heavy it felt like it was crushing me.some time goes by and he has two seizures.finally someone was listening to me…months later“knock knock miss menken this is the neurology and epilepsy team can we come in?” my stomach dropped.my heart sank.i didn’t need an explanation.i always knew.i had known all along.they told me my baby has epilepsy,in that moment both fear and the validation collided,because i was right but at the cost of watching my son suffer.so much happened in such a short span of time.trauma stacked upon trauma.pain upon pain.why me?im only 19 why me?this wasnt random.I was chosen for this for a reason.happy birthday my boy❤️ by @gianna.menken

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8 months ago

sunshine on my skin by @gianna.menken

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10 months ago

new hampshire! by @gianna.menken

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a year ago

i turned 9 months on monday! ugh im so cool by @gianna.menken

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a year ago

morning cuddles with mommy 🥰 by @gianna.menken

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a year ago

mommy got me this super cute bathrobe! i love it🥰 by @gianna.menken

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a year ago

we like the cars 🚘 by @gianna.menken

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a year ago

my baby boy is already half a year 😭🥺 by @gianna.menken

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