By unrelenting barking at her belly, a dog saved the life of her pregnant owner.

1. Dreaming of Becoming Parents

Alhanna and Ricky, her fiancé, connected right away upon their first meeting. Their choice to begin a family right away sprang from their certainty that they intended to spend the rest of their lives together. Many failed attempts later, it all started to feel like a far-off fantasy. But one day Alhanna learned she was pregnant, the news she had been waiting for all her life.