by Guest Blogger | Sep 1, 2014 | Family Stories
I am 4’9″ and weigh only 100 pounds, so carrying just one baby would likely be hard on my body. Then my husband and I found out we were expecting twins. My sister is a neonatal nurse, so we knew the struggles we may have to face. At just 26 weeks, my labor...
by Carolyn Leighton-Hilborn | Apr 9, 2014 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood, NICU Life, Pregnancy & Bedrest
If you’re anything like me, while growing up you didn’t have a real-life connection to a mother who experienced a multiple-births pregnancy. Instead you may have been accustomed to believe the romanticized and perfect versions of having multiples, which you might have...
by Guest Blogger | Mar 31, 2014 | Life after the NICU, Medical Info & Resources, Professional Insight
I’ve always been career driven, knowing since I was a child that I would someday be a television news anchor. Yet people often told me, “Your priorities will change once you have kids.” I didn’t believe them. I absolutely love my job, sharing the news of the day to...
by Keira Sorrells | Jun 21, 2012 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, NICU Life, Siblings
“Oh, twins! They’re so cute!” exclaims the lady in the checkout line at the grocery store. In a nanosecond, I have the following conversation with myself: “No, they’re not twins, they’re triplets you just can’t see the third one. Does this lady care that one of my...
