Rainbow Baby

I was reading an article the other day about a baby born after infertility needing it's own term. That a baby born after a miscarriage or infant loss is a rainbow baby and a baby born before a miscarriage is a sun baby. They also mention the term for babies born asleep, Angel babies. The article said that babies who are conceived after infertility don't have their own term and there needs to be one. So this got me thinking, I had always thought a baby born in the midst of infertility was a rainbow baby? 

So I began to ponder,

By definition a rainbow is the beauty after the storm. I read this and I thought my struggle is a storm.... It's scary, and dark. It leaves me feeling hopeless at times. My dreams get blown off in the wind. Why wouldn't my baby be a rainbow baby? 

After awhile I realized, it doesn't matter what I label my baby. It can be a rainbow baby after my own storm. It can be my warrior baby after a fight I never gave up to be a mother. A little one, brought into the world for so many to love, no matter the label. 

I know my struggle. I know my battle. I know the storm. But all that matters in the end is that little light. That rainbow. That warrior. That little miracle. 

So go ahead, make your own journey, create your own label, and own it! Have yourself a miracle. Make your self a rainbow. Raise a little warrior, the baby of a mom who never gave up....