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After my twenty week anatomy scan, and subsequent follow up at a maternal-fetal-medicine specialist off post, I found out that I was in possession of two (2) healthy boy-children. Unfortunately, because they found the second baby so late in my pregnancy, nobody was completely confident in saying that the boys were mono-di or di-di twins. […]

My best friend, L, delivered micro-preemie twin girls almost a year ago. Born unexpectedly at 25 weeks, their early arrival was anything but planned. As a friend, I knew how to throw a shower, sew a baby quilt, and shop for onesies, but I didn’t know how to support a new mama and her micro-preemies. Over the […]

After exclusively pumping for my first born, a real hater of the breast, I had high hopes for nursing the second. Then to our surprise baby number two arrived ten weeks early. NICU stays are probably the reason I’ve heard cited most frequently for breastfeeding not working out, so with the little confidence I had in […]

After sharing the story of Iris’s sudden birth at 30 weeks, in discussion about my adjustment to life in the NICU, I was told by many that I’d have to “be my own advocate.” Well that will be no problem I thought! What I didn’t expect was that “being my own advocate” would mean being […]

In recognition of World Prematurity Day today and November being Prematurity Awareness Month, I asked some of the bloggers and board members who’ve had preemies to share their stories. According to the March of Dimes, every year about 450,000 babies are born prematurely in the US, and prematurity is the leading cause of death for […]

There is nothing natural about leaving your newborn at the hospital to be cared for by other people, and I’ve felt like a bit of a slow learner when it comes to adjusting to this situation. I want to feel like she’s mine. Instead I felt afraid to handle her, clueless as to how to […]

D came home in early February, and was (finally!) evaluated to get early intervention services by our state in late March. Although I tried setting up the appointment when he was still hospitalized, their policy is that they will only work with you (even just to schedule!) when the child is at home. The evaluation […]