Premature birth
Shawan Winston / February 21,2006
My son was born at 27.5 weeks at 2lbs 2oz. He stayed at the University Hospital for exactly 8 weeks. He had to have numerous things that I knew were not possible without the March of Dimes. He is now getting ready to turn one year old, also weighing ... (read more)


Tobias Scott
Jessica Scott / 2003
I found out that I was pregnant on Dec. 13th, 2002. My first son was 6 months old, and I was 6 weeks pregnant. Not prepared, but still excited, we told our friends and family members.

Two weeks later I woke up in the middle of the night and ... (read more)


Twin to Twin Tranfusion
carolyn sasson / 7-27-96
My 24 weeks old twins. When I was told that I would be having twins I right away began to panic. Every twin horror story ever suddenly came to mind. Early on in the pregnancy I was having problems. I had to be on bed rest for the duration of the preg ... (read more)


My Miracle Baby
Melissa Lopes / 11-23-03
My son than was born at 25 weeks.
I had a slow leak in my amniotic fulid at 21 weeks and went to the hospital then and was dialated to a 3. I then had a surclage and steroid shots and put on bed rest. Then at 25 weeks I lost my mucus plug. I went ... (read more)


My girls
sara yankey / Novenber 1 2006
I found out in May I was pregnant, it was a surprise. I had so many emotions run through me(just ask my husband Chris). By the time we took it all in on finding out at 20 weeks through an ultrasound we were having twins we were so excited, after 10 y ... (read more)


congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Lorenzo Valles / 06/12/2006
I was about 22 weeks when I went in for a level 2 ultrasound for bleeding. I thought everything was going great until the doctor came in and started explaining where my sons heart & stomache were. A t first I did not quite understood until he started ... (read more)


25 weeker...still dealing wtih prematurity... 10 years
Kristina Fallon / 1995
I thought getting throught the first days was the hardest... then I thought gettting her home and off the veintlator was the hardest years. She was on the vent till age 2 1/2....
Now we play the waiting game. She is 10 years old and we still do ... (read more)


Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Kacy Henry / 2004
My baby brother was born six weeks early in Lafayette ,Louisiana following the hurricane.The doctors said that if he wasn't premature he would have died. Hunter was put in the NICU because his lungs were under developed. Five days later, I was sittin ... (read more)


"Determined to Have Children" -- Our first of two preemies
Christie Goodman / 2003
I hate it when people say we are “desperate” to have children. Anyone who has been through this, knows that fertility treatment is not an act of desperation. It is an act of determination.

Since this is the last issue of this newsletter that I ... (read more)


My twin boys where born way to early
jamiey Penrod / 2006
On January 19th, 2006 my twin boys where born 2 months early. I knew because of my age and everything that it was going to be difficult. I am only 16. They both weighed the same of 2lbs. 1 oz. The doctors told me that their lungs where not fully deve ... (read more)
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