November is Premature Birth Awareness month. I will always be passionate about premature birth awareness. It's also strangely fitting it's this month, since it was a November nine years ago that I found out I was pregnant with my twins. I actually didn't know it was twins at the time, or know what a scary, intense time was about to be our pregnancy journey. Looking back, I … [Read more...]
Micro Preemie Update
Micro Preemie Update Today, I have another micro preemie update. Last week, I updated you on Faith and William, who were both in the NICU at the time of their Micro Preemie Monday story. You can read about their homecomings HERE. If you read this blog regularly, you know Mondays are reserved for Micro Preemies. Every Monday, I feature another family that has gone through a … [Read more...]
Gracelynn’s Story
Each Story Every story is unique when it comes to premature birth. There are different circumstances, different reasons, and different outcomes. However, with each story I feature on the blog, I always find things that I can relate to, and things that were similar in my story. Please read more about Gracelynn, as told by her mom, Rebecca. Gracelynn 1.Tell us about your … [Read more...]
Micro Preemies Nicolas and Lucas
Micro Preemie Monday Thank you for joining us for another Micro Preemie Monday, and another story of hope. If you missed any recent Mondays, you can catch up and read Charlotte's story HERE, and then you can get updates on some of our past families HERE and HERE. Today Today, we meet not one, but two preemies. They are a set of identical twins almost born at the same … [Read more...]
Urology and Monsters
Phew...it's been a busy few weeks. I was hoping for a little slow down, but that's probably not going to happen any time soon. First up, my little guy had an appointment with the Urologist. When he was discharged from the NICU, he was too small for a circumcision. Not only did one doctor think he was too small, but 2 other doctors had to inspect my poor little guy and reach … [Read more...]