This is more than a birth story. It is a journey that began long before, and will continue long after May 8 2019, the day I gave birth to Joshua Edmond Duryea.

We made the decision to have another baby shortly after Layla turned one. We began the planning, and all that comes with it—fertility tracking and the things entailed with growing a family. What we didn’t plan on was the significance of his conception, his arrival and his life.

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