My Intro

Welcome to my blog!  I've always been a private blogger - typing posts mostly to get my feelings out, but also to document certain aspects of my life from depression to infertility and pregnancy.

The reason I started this blog is so that I can begin sharing things publicly while still remaining anonymous (I'm a very antisocial private person).  😂

Reading other people's blogs has helped me enormously, especially in recent years, and so here I am - sharing my knowledge and experiences with the internet!

A little about me....

I'm 38 as of January.  I am very happily married to my husband of going on 10 years.  I have two children from a previous marriage who are 13 and 15 (teen girls - yikes!).  I am known as Jenna.  My hubby will be referred to as either Aussie, hubby, DH, or whatever colorful name I pick while writing!  My girls I will refer to as Pickle (J) and Banana (S) or as DD #1 (S) and DD #2 (J).  My angel baby boy, whom I will discuss in this blog as well, I will refer to as Jackson, Jax or Baby J or my son.  😊

I've been dealing with various levels of infertility my whole adult life.  I'm on my third and final marriage.  My first marriage resulted in one early miscarriage.  My second marriage resulted in my two DD's and my current marriage resulted in an early miscarriage in 2011 and a stillbirth at 31 weeks on New Year's Eve 2016.  I struggled off and on with getting pregnant, and just as I had given up, I found out I was pregnant in June 2016 without really trying!  Go figure!

The stillbirth of my beautiful son less than 4 months ago has left me traumatized but so very determined to have a "take home baby".  I'll discuss this in more detail later because there is a lot to say.  I begin this blog journey just after ovulation during my third cycle since giving birth to my son.

The reason behind the name of the blog:

Rainbows From Rain

They say a baby born after a loss is considered a rainbow baby, since you have to endure the rain (loss) to get the rainbow (take home baby).  Lord knows I've had my losses.  I'm ready for my rainbow(s)!  

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you have a similar story or any words of wisdom or encouragement to part with.  I have walked through the very depths of hell and if you've ever lost a child at any stage of its life, then you can probably relate to what I'm going through and what is still to come.

Thank you for reading!  Comments are always welcome!

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