After Sarah, a veteran wheelchair-user from New Zealand, delivered her twins, reality started to set in. “It’s only been in the last few weeks when I’ve had to say ‘my daughter’ or ‘my son’…that reality kinda really sinks in. It’s…
“Will he grow up and be embarrassed of me? Or be ashamed of me?” Jorge was scared at first. A paraplegic since he was 11 years old, Jorge struggled with self-acceptance. “I grew up being embarrassed and ashamed of myself,” Jorge…
Sam was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta or Brittle Bone disease, but has found a way to do anything he has wanted. Despite any perceived limitations, he has been determined to be an active, hands-on dad. He and his wife, Jennifer had been…
“He’s an amazing father. I could not have picked a better father for my child.” Gail, wife of a paraplegic, is most impressed by her husband’s dedication and involvement in their daughter’s life. From working with crafts to building things for school…
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in any opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” - Winston Churchill To say that paralysis is a difficulty is an enormous example of understatement. I’ve heard it said that paralysis either makes…
Lots of women have been pregnant while paralyzed, but it can be a challenge to find useful information about the process and get a sense of different women’s experiences. Patty Kunze, also known as “the Rollin’ RN”, is a registered nurse and wheelchair…
“There are so many ways for a spinal cord injury person to become a parent. If pregnancy does not appeal to you as a SCI person or it just may not work, there are many other options, such as adoption…
“She decided that she wanted a baby and didn’t need a man or an able body to get one,” PushLiving shares about Jen Goodwin. Choosing to be a single mom can be tough, but Jen “has a network, support, pure determination, and…
Whether you were born with a disability or acquired one later in life should never impact your lifelong dream of being a mother (unless of course, you never wanted kids, in which case you still have that freedom). Not…
I felt the need to write this article because many women who are paralysed have little information on how paralysis affects the body during pregnancy and childbirth. I wish there had been some information available for me when I decided…