Category: Stryder Floyd
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Hello, Again!
Hello! It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog. Life has been really wild this last year, and I figured I would do a very brief update of 2025 and where we are today. January 2025 Our little family of three decided to go on a cruise. We told people we were going…
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PTSD & the ER
It all started as a very typical Friday. Theo and I got up for the day, got ourselves and Stryder ready, and then Theo left for work. Stryder and I hung out for a bit, played hard, and waited for Nana to come over to watch him, as she does every Friday. Around 11:35 am,…
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Stryder’s Helmet Pt. 2
Theo and I decided to move forward with getting Stryder a helmet. We were initially told that getting the insurance approved, the prescription for it, and getting in for the initial measurements could be up to 4 weeks before he was in his helmet. Well, things moved much more quickly than expected. And a few…
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Stryder’s Helmet
He’s getting a helmet. When Stryder was in the womb, he decided to be head down and lay essentially on his right side for about 10ish weeks. Therefore, when he was born, his neck was very tight. In the first few weeks of life, we noticed that he didn’t turn his head left and wanted…
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Stryder’s Birth Story
Many people don’t know, but during my pregnancy, we found out that I have several gallstones. These stones were causing me extreme pain in my right upper abdomen. (I don’t say this for pity or for anyone to feel bad for me, but it’s relevant to Stryder’s birth story). Another critical point of background is…
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Mother’s Day 2024
To say that Mother’s Day was special doesn’t fully express what the day truly meant to me. To give some perspective: Theo woke me up with a beautiful gift, one from each of the boys. I got a beautiful sunflower arrangement and a plaque about being an angel mama. The day started with joyful tears. We then got…
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Stryder is Here (3.21.24)
Stryder Floyd Sessler arrived on March 21, 2024, at 11:17 pm. He was 7lbs 6.6oz and 19.5 inches long. He is one happy, healthy little guy. I am thinking about sharing all about what it was like emotionally to give birth to a living child after a loss. I don’t think I could have ever…