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Jenny’s Story

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This story was thoughtfully submitted by one of our readers. The week after my husband and I were married, we decided we wanted children and I was overjoyed.  We had my son 11 months after we were married and besides having preeclampsia, I was called a “constant contractor”.  I went up to the hospital many [...]

Katrina’s Story

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This story was submitted by Katrina, one of our readers. High Risk Pregnancy Throughout my pregnancy I had been deemed high risk as I had a previous preemie baby due to prom at 32 weeks, and successful treatment for cervical cancer prior to this also. During the first few weeks of pregnancy I suffered terrible [...]

Brianna’s Story

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This story was submitted by one of our readers. My name is Brianna. I was 24 years old when I got pregnant with my first baby. I had a normal healthy pregnancy and she was born July 12, 2004 and was 7lbs 4oz at 38 weeks. When she turned 3 we decided to start trying [...]

Pamela’s Story

After 94 days in the NICU, Pamela brought her one surviving triplet home.  This is Pamela’s story: We were thrilled to find out we were expecting triplets, as in this pregnancy I would be watched closely due to preterm labor that started at 32 weeks with my first pregnancy with my daughter being born at [...]

The Story of My 21-Weeker

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This is my story.  I have wanted to share it for quite some time but I think I am finally ready.  I apologize for this being so long, but I’ve always wanted to get the entire experience written down as I remember it.  Writing my story has probably helped me more than it will help [...]

My 24 Weeks of Pregnancy

Hello, my name is Marissa and I am new to Preemie Babies 101. I am 25 years old, and before I got pregnant last year I was a 4th grade teacher, happily married to the Worship Leader at our church (we were high school sweethearts). We only tried to get pregnant for a few months [...]

Little Bobby

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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 [...]