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Serena Rogers

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God-fearing woman, wife + mama
♛ Former Miss New York USA 🇺🇸 🇦🇱
✟ Mark 10:27

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🎶 Cause your unfailing love is better than this
I’ll praise You as long, as long as I live. Oh Lord You never fail🎶
#family #momlife #love #motherhood #3under3 by @serenabucaj

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Took a quick 4 day trip to New York to see my family and I truly needed it for my mental health. The trip definitely wasn’t easy on my body. It came with a lot of puking, IVs, fainting, exhaustion, and more weight loss… and it reminded me just how hard traveling has become for me right now. But despite all of that, getting to hug my family again made every difficult moment worth it!
These past few months have been so physically and emotionally draining, and being surrounded by the people I love brought me a kind of comfort and healing I desperately needed. I’m so thankful to God for giving me the strength to make it there and back safely🙏🏼
This trip helped heal my heart a little while also showing me that my body truly needs rest now more than ever. I may not have the strength to travel or be out much anymore, but I’m grateful beyond words for the memories, the love and the time with family. 🤍 #pregnancy #family #love by @serenabucaj

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5 months ago

♥️ taken in The Legacy Castle by @serenabucaj

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“Miles were worth the pain, pain was worth it all. It’s all worth this life… life is worth the ride “ You survived the pregnancy that almost killed you… and I’d do it all again ❤️ #hypermesisgravidarum #pregnancy #pregnant #mom #family by @serenabucaj

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2 months ago

Benjamin Asher Rogers. 🤍
Our sweet Asher is finally here.

After nine of the hardest months of my life, I can finally say… he was worth every single second.
Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) took me places I never imagined I could go. It stole so much from me. There were days I wondered if my body could survive, days spent in hospitals, days filled with fear, guilt, tears, and unimaginable pain. There were moments I begged God for strength because I truly believed I had none left and told Him I want to give up. Living became too much.
Labor was every bit as intense as the pregnancy that led to it, and my body still has a long road ahead. After two back-to-back HG pregnancies eating feels foreign, and my brain and body are still trying to recover. But today I’m drinking water for the first time in nine months without getting sick. My arms no longer carry IVs. My son is healthy. God has blessed us with the most perfect little boy.
What more could I ask for?

These last nine months tested every part of me. My faith. My marriage. My patience.
Unless you’ve lived through HG, it’s almost impossible to understand the darkness it can bring. It meant telling my husband, “I don’t want to die. Please save me.” It meant texting him, “I’m about to faint. Call me in a few to make sure I’m alive.” It meant telling him about carrying the unbearable weight of wanting the pain to end in dark ways while loving my baby more than you’ll ever know.

I share this because this is the reality for so many women battling HG. It’s a devastating disease that affects every part of your life. Yet somehow, in the middle of all of that suffering, God was working.
He was refining me.
He was teaching me patience when I thought I had none left. He was growing my marriage in ways comfort never could. He was teaching me how to love deeper, trust harder, surrender more completely, and lean on Him when I had absolutely nothing left to give.

To my husband…

There will never be enough words. You carried me when I couldn’t carry myself. You held me while I cried. You prayed over me when I couldn’t pray. You gave me hope when I lost mine. You’ve been my peace. *CAPTION EXTENDED IN COMMENTS” @caprilina_ by @serenabucaj

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“It’s trippin’ over toys in the living room
Got a list a mile long of my to-dos
We ain’t picture perfect, but I’d put us in a frame
‘Cause one day we’ll look back and these’ll be the good ol’ days”
#family #love #mom #parenthood by @serenabucaj

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3 months ago

Hi, I’m Ryder 🤍
Today I’m ONE year old, and here are a few things you should probably know about me…

I decided at 11 months old that formula was for babies so I gave it up completely for solids… no more milk for me because obviously I’m a grown man now. I traded bottles for eating like a sumo wrestler and now my appetite belongs to a 500 lb man trapped in a one-year-old body.

I hate grass. Do not put me on it. I do not believe it was created for my tiny feet. 0/10, would not recommend.

I also don’t believe in unnecessary hugs and kisses. I like my personal space so don’t touch me or get in my face or I will scream... unless youre my mama. Mama is currently my favorite person on the planet and I plan on keeping her all to myself. 🤍

I love smiling, laughing, and being everyone’s little entertainer. My smile gets me away with almost anything because apparently I’m “charming”… but my charm has a very short expiration date. The second I’m hungry (which is basically always), I go from sweet baby to full-blown Pterodactyl 🦖 The noises are dramatic, the feelings are BIG and we all know dinner better be coming fast!

My brother LOVES slapping me, tackling me and throwing things at my head, but that’s okay, I’m almost bigger than him already. Just a few more months and it’s payback 💪

My mom and dad say I have the exact same ugly cry face as Kim Kardashian. Idk who or what that is, but it sounds rude 🙄

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Ryder, underneath all the sass, the giant personality, the dramatic noises and the “don’t touch me unless I asked” attitude… you are the sweetest gift God has ever given us.

You have filled our home with the biggest smiles, the loudest laughs, and a love I never knew was possible. Charming doesn’t even begin to describe the power you have on people and how you make everyone just fall in love with you even though you’re quite mean 🤪

Happy Birthday to our little pterodactyl, food-loving, grass-hating boy!!🎉🎂
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Cake 🎂 made by me: @serenasdailybread
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Photographs by me as well 📸 @serenasdailybread by @serenabucaj

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3 months ago

26 weeks 💛❤️🧡

#secondtrimester #maternity #maternityshoot #momtobe #thebump

👗: @shop_resa taken in Sullivans Island Beach by @serenabucaj

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5 months ago

26 weeks 🩵💙

#love #pregnant #maternity #photoshoot #momlife @shop12thtribe taken in Charleston, South Carolina by @serenabucaj

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5 months ago

26 weeks 💛 #pregnant #hyperemisisgravidarumawareness #mom #maternity dress: @clubllondon taken in Sullivan's Island Beach by @serenabucaj

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5 months ago

26 weeks 💛💙
Decided to do my own maternity shoot. Every photo I will upload was taken by my husband, not a professional photographer, just the most patient, talented man.
Truly a Jack of all trades!
The photos I will upload mean even more knowing they were taken by him ♥️ 🥹

#MaternityPhotoshoot #pregnancy #mom #babyboy #hyperemisisgravidarum 👗:@clubllondon taken in Sullivan's Island Beach by @serenabucaj

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