Shauna: 16 week Preg Check

My wordpress admin has been giving me fits, so I meant to write this last week.  Shauna went in for normal prego exam, and the heartbeats of both babies were good.  Shauna has been on progesterone, not only because of her miscarriage history, but because twins have a higher risk of being born early.  The […]

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Shauna: 13 week Preg Check

Shauna went in last week for a routine OB check.  They decided to do another ultrasound since she’s still been spotting a bit.  The babies are growing fine, and they could even see little legs and arms moving.  The babies were too big to check their gender vaginally, and too small via normal ultrasound.  So

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Casting Call for Preemie Parents

ABC’s prime time Emmy nominated program, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, would like to highlight a March of Dimes family who has a prematurity story. Please note that families must own their home and the home should tie into their story: Either the home needs to be fixed in order to bring the baby home from

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Premature Births Linked to Pesticides?

A study at the Indiana University School of Medicine found that the premature birth rates in the United States could be linked with increased use of pesticides and nitrates. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, pesticide and nitrate levels in surface water were highest May–June and lowest August–September. The highest prematurity rate occurred May-June (11.91

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Shauna: 9 week Preg Check

Shauna went to the doctor Friday for a full first pregnancy exam. They did another ultrasound since she’s still had some vaginal spotting. Still two babies in there! Definitely fraternal with two sacks and two placentas (My twins had two sacks but only one placenta, so could have been either fraternal or identical). Baby A’s

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