Held Hostage in the Hospital…

When John and I found out we were pregnant with our first set of twins, a NICU stay was the furthest thing from my mind. My pregnancy had been progressing without any issues until I went into labor at 30 weeks. I ended up delivering Erin and Timothy in a hospital that wasn’t equipped with…

A Day in the Life of a NICU Mom…

The first two days… They whisked Thomas and Trey off to the NICU and got me cleaned up and moved to recovery. For the first time in 33 weeks I was without the twins. The hour that I had to wait seemed like an eternity. FINALLY. I was able to walk to the NICU to…

We Almost Didn’t Make It…

I had just sat down to eat dinner when  I felt it…  A CONTRACTION.  I convinced myself it was probably a Braxton Hicks and continued eating my chicken sandwich. As I finished eating dinner I could tell that the contractions were happening regularly, so I thought it would be a good idea to monitor them…