Stephanie Heisler
Bio
Born and raised in the valley of sunny California ,Stephanie is a fun ,suburban mom of two rambunctious boys. She recently left her career as a preschool teacher after many years to pursue her dream of writing a book.
Stories (2/0)
My 2020 Rewind Playlist
My 2020 Rewind Playlist By Stephanie Heisler As 2020 comes to a close we all have our eyes watching the clock until we are free of one of the most challenging, weird, life-changing years ever. The year began as any other with hope, promise and resolutions. When things began to take a turn we found ourselves staying home, refocusing on our priorities and surviving the best way we could. As I was enduring this year in quarantine I turned to music for an escape.
By Stephanie Heisler3 years ago in Beat
Wait, Worry, Repeat
Technology these days is quite incredible, especially when it comes to pregnancy, infertility and prenatal testing. However, living in a time where this technology can comb through every blood cell and chromosome, can be a blessing and a curse. My husband and I decided that our two rambunctious boys needed some company and opted to try for baby number three. I'm the type of person who can sneeze and get pregnant so this was the easiest part of our journey. That all being said, after having two healthy, fairly easy pregnancies and deliveries this time has been different from the beginning. Now that I'm 35 years old I'm considered a "geriatric pregnancy"... sounds nice doesn't it? Due to this situation, even though I'm a healthy, active, vegetarian mom, I needed a slew of tests to make sure my "high risk pregnancy" was healthy and normal. At 14 weeks along, my high risk OB calls and says that they noticed "a micro deletion on a chromosomal test" and I needed to come in to speak with a genetic counselor. My husband and I were a little worried but not overly concerned. After speaking with the genetic counselor we found out that this "micro deletion" could cause two different serious syndromes in our unborn child. This news was devastating. Not only because the unknown is so scary, but because we had to then wait two long weeks until I could take a more invasive test for 100% accurate results. After the pain and stress of the amniocentesis test, now we are in the other two week waiting period for the results.
By Stephanie Heisler6 years ago in Families
