November is Prematurity Awareness Month and Saturday, November 17 is Worldwide Prematurity Day. Every year 380,000 premature babies are born in the U.S. alone. That’s nearly 1 in ten babies born too soon. Every year I joke that I celebrate Prematurity Awareness Month early—in July, because that’s how early my twins were born.
“1, 2 . . . 3, and 4.” We’re at my niece’s birthday party, and every five minutes, I am mentally counting heads. Specifically, my children’s heads. In the midst of a large gathering of kids and adults, my four humans seem so tiny, swept into the sea of ready arms of my extended family,…
Before I had children, I was a freelance writer for small local magazines in San Diego. I worked when I wanted to work, slept in late, and spent a lot of time taking my dog on long walks on the beach. My husband and I bought a new construction home, providing a blank slate from…
Lately, I have been reading the story titled You’re All My Favorites by Sam McBratney (author of Guess How Much I Love You) to my twins. The tender love and the soothing watercolors wrap us round in comfort. This gentle tale portrays the story of three small bears who each begin to question their place in their parents’…
Adoption plus IVF equaled triplets for us. Well, “triplets” should be in quotes. They are not the same age, but they are often the same developmental age. Therefore, we feel like we have triplets. The thing is, two of them are white. One of them is black.
Hey, mom-to-be. You’re adorable, even though you feel like a swollen hippo that solely dines on crackers and Gatorade. Every mom feels your struggle – we know the discomfort of pregnancy. Every mom of multiples knows you’ve got extra things on your plate you weren’t anticipating: being too big for maternity clothes; the extra ultrasounds and…