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TTTS Awareness Month: Landon and Luke’s Story

December 17, 2018 By Shann 1 Comment

TTTS Awareness Month

TTTS Awareness Month December is a very special time of year in our house. Of course, the holidays are coming up, but in our family the month means something else. December is TTTS Awareness Month. Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome caused the premature birth of my twins.  TTTS, according to the TTTS Foundation, is: "...a disease of the placenta (or afterbirth) … [Read more...]

World Prematurity Day 2017: Why I’m Grateful

November 17, 2017 By Shann 10 Comments

World Prematurity Day

World Prematurity Day 2017 Today is a very special day. It is a day we honor all those babies born way too soon and very sick. The littlest fighters. Our heroes. Miracle babies. Today is World Prematurity Day 2017.   A Few Facts 1 in 10 babies are born premature each year. These babies are born anytime before a full-term birth of 38 weeks. World … [Read more...]

Growth Restriction in Single and Multiple Pregnancies

May 22, 2017 By Shann 16 Comments

Growth restriction during pregnancy

Growth Restriction Growth restriction during pregnancy is a very serious condition. It is called IUGR, Intrauterine Growth Restriction, in single pregnancies, and SIUGR, Selective Intrauterine Growth Restriction, in twin pregnancies. Unfortunately, it is also a condition that I am very familiar with, as one of my twins suffered from it.  According to WebMD: Intrauterine … [Read more...]

Fight TTTS; Dakota and Scarlett’s Story

February 13, 2017 By Shann 9 Comments

TTTS is a very serious disease that affects twins and higher multiple births. Learn about this deadly disease, what you can do, and how you can fight TTTS.

Fight TTTS If you're a regular reader of my blog, you know that my boys had to fight TTTS, and it is the reason that they were born extremely premature. While they say it is rare, TTTS seems all too common to me, and I know too many people who have been affected by it. Today, you will meet just one of those families. Please meet Dakota and Scarlett. 1.Tell us about … [Read more...]

TTTS Awareness on World TTTS Day 2016

December 7, 2016 By Shann 12 Comments

Learn and help in the fight on World TTTS Awareness Day

TTTS Awareness December 7th is World TTTS Awareness Day. A number of prominent landmarks will be lit in blue to symbolize the fight against this terrible syndrome. I'm going to share a few facts with you about Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome, and I'm also going to share why this is such an important cause to me. I hope that once you finish reading this post that … [Read more...]

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Shann Hi! I'm a mom, writer, and dancer. I love sharing my parenting experiences, my healthy living tips, my money saving ideas, and our travel plans. My passion to help other women inspired this blog. I hope you'll stay a while and come back often.

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