[Trigger Warning: This post contains a story of loss] I am strong because my husband and I conceived twins during my third pregnancy (our 2nd together). I am strong because we found out at 20 weeks that it was twins. I had a gut feeling that it was twins all along. They had confirmed that they were identical twin boys.…
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{I Am Strong} The Loss of a Twin
*Trigger Warning: This post is about loss* I am strong because at the age of 32 I became pregnant with twins. I was super excited and scared at the same time. Early in the pregnancy I found out that Baby B wasn’t doing well. As I started getting further along I went to specialist to find more out. My Baby…
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I am strong {Katie}
I am strong because at 12 weeks pregnant with my first child I chose to adopt my three year old niece and one year old nephew after tragically losing my best friend, my sister. I am strong because I managed to still work full time as an RN in the NICU while going through a huge loss, being pregnant, and…
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I Am Strong {Casey}
[Trigger Warning: This story is about a micro-premmie twin birth and loss.] I am strong because I knew, at 26 weeks, I needed to go to the hospital despite not feeling a single contraction. When the doctor told me I was 9cm, baby a was stuck in my birth canal, and we needed to get to the OR immediately, I…
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I Am Strong…Twins {Sarah}
I am strong because I achieved a natural birth of twin girls at 37 weeks, 5 days, in the OR of a hospital. My pregnancy was a shock, but I was thrilled that I would finally have the opportunity to have a home birth after two previous hospital births. When we discovered that it was twins, I learned it was…
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I Am Strong {Story of Preterm Birth & Loss}
I am strong. I am strong because I moved at 5 months pregnant from Germany, back to the States, for my husband’s job. I am strong because after arriving to Colorado I was excited to finally have a home again and welcomed the sight of my air mattress on the floor. I am strong because when I woke up and…