My premature babies

I have had two premature pregnancies, my first not ending happily. I had my daughter on Feb 1, 1997, when I was 20 gestational weeks pregnant and she weighed 1 pound and was 12 inches long. I had started to bleed and went to emergency, a doctor checked me out and said that I was

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Books Your Child Will Cherish

Janie McQueen, author of The New Magic Bookshelf: Finding Great Books Your Child Will Treasure Forever sent me an excerpt of her book (from Chapter 6, Book-Lovers From Babyhood) to share… Any new parent knows that media and medical community reports are teeming with hot information about how babies’ brains are wired and influenced by

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Stracke’s Expecting Triplets

My old neighbors (“old” as in “former”, not “elderly” lol) are expecting triplets (originally it was quads)! They already have two little girls, so they will be busy! Amber started a journal on TotSites where you can follow her pregnancy progress. Wishing you the best of luck, Amber!

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Conor and Kaleb

Connor and Kaleb were born at 33 weeks on April 9, 2008 weighing in at 3.2 and 3.12 lbs. They delievered me because Conor was measuring 2.13 and Kaleb was measuring 4.7 but thats a huge difference to what they came out at. At first they started off great. They were only on c-pap machines

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