Whenever I tell our son’s birth story, I lead with the punchline. We got to the hospital at 4 am and he was born at 4:28 am.

Everyone copes with pregnancy in different ways. Now that my baby is one, I'm looking back at how I poured my heart into the project of being pregnant.

My worst fears about flying to Japan with our baby did not come true. In fact, the journey was pretty fantastic until the final 2 hours.