Browsing all posts in "Twins".
Sara’s Story
This story was kindly submitted by Sara, one of our readers. I had twin preemies due to pPROM. My water broke with twin A (Kaleb) at 18w (4/18/10). I spent 86 days on bedrest until I had an emergency c-section due to placenta abruption. Kaleb & Kameron Crane were born on 7/11/2010 at 29 weeks. [...]
Miracle Michael 23-Weeker
This story was thoughtfully submitted by Kristin, one of our readers. My son is my miracle. He is a surviving twin. He was born at 23 weeks, 5 days (we think he may have been younger gestationally now). He weighed 14 oz. at birth (410 grams). We spent 170 days in 3 NICU’s. In all, [...]
Tricia’s Story
This story was thoughtfully submitted by one of our readers, Tricia. I never thought I’d end up a mommy blogger. A world-famous Newbery Medal recipient, sure, but it instead appears my writing talents have headed down the road less traveled. One of my girlfriends started blogging about the random stories of mommyhood shortly after I [...]
From the Other Side
I have a friend whom I just found out was pregnant 2 weeks ago. Then, last week I heard that she was having twins, that she was on hospital bedrest and that she was only about 23 weeks pregnant. My heart started to pound as the implications of what this meant sunk in: she was [...]
Book Review: A Pound of Hope
“A Pound of Hope”, by Michele Munro Kemper and Jennifer Kemper Sinconis I seriously can’t express how fabulous this book is. I was afraid that, being a parent of a preemie, it would be difficult to read because of the memories and trauma it would dig up within me. I was wrong. It was fascinating. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
When One Twin Goes Home First
January 27, 2009 was the day that we had been anticipating for ten long weeks. One of our babies was finally coming home! We were so excited. I had finally had my baby shower that weekend and had spent all day Monday organizing the nursery and putting the pack and play together for Lindsay’s homecoming. [...]
