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Little Bobby

Little Bobby

This personal story was submitted by Angela, one of our readers. Birth Story of Robert “Bobby” Christopher Hora Born 12/20/2010 at 6:13am Premature at 27 weeks and 5 days. On November 23 2010, I was admitted to Kaiser – Mothers and Baby Unit in Roseville CA for preterm labor and bulging bag of water.  I [...]

Anita’s Story

Anita’s Story

This story was submitted by Anita, one of our readers. A step back, one of the reason I wanted to have a child was because of my struggle with endometriosis.  Having endo can lessen your chances to have a child.   I really thought a child was never to be in my life. My pregnancy was [...]

Stacy’s Story

Stacy’s Story

This story was thoughtfully shared by Stacy, one of our readers. Haylie We found out we were pregnant with our 1st 2 months after we got married. It was an easy pregnancy, I worked all the way through, I had a lot of “braxton hicks” but that’s it. I even played volleyball the day before [...]

Aura’s Story

Aura’s Story

This story was submitted by one of our readers. I had had a relatively normal pregnancy, despite being under extreme levels of stress due to personal and family tragedies. I was a little bit concerned as I hadn’t gained much weight throughout the pregnancy and at 6 months I was hardly showing at all. Over [...]

Parent Needs Support / Advice

Parent Needs Support / Advice

This was a comment on the post “When My Water Broke”.  The commentor, Thornette, would really appreciate some advice and support for what her daughter is going through with her twins.  Please share any thoughts or experiences that might benefit this dear family. Posted Nov 1st, 8:18pm: My daughter had complained of pain in her [...]

Rylan’s Story

Rylan’s Story

This story was thoughtfully submitted by Corinne, one of our readers. I just got back from our Make-a-Wish trip to Florida when I found out I was pregnant.  At the time I had 3 childen who had all been born near there due dates so I thought it was going to be a regular pregnancy.  [...]

Amber’s Story

Amber’s Story

The following post is a personal story submitted by Amber, one of our Preemie Babies 101 readers. We found out in Feb 10 that we were pregnant with twins after having a miscarriage in Nov and having problems getting pregnant. We used Clomid. May 6 we went for our growth u/s. It was an hour [...]

The Story of Alayna Marrie

The Story of Alayna Marrie

Thoughtfully submitted by reader’s Marria and Raul. Alayna Marrie was born at 32 weeks in Brandon,Fl., due to my preeclampsia.  All throughout my pregnancy she was a fighter.  I was in and out of the emergency room, for spotting, severe headaches, high blood pressure…till they had to hospitalize me at 30 weeks for preeclampsia and [...]