MerryMommy

Pierce, sting, burn, itch, bruise. Anything for my child. I can take the pain. The battle of prematurity didn't leave us after the boys' NICU stays. We knew that because our twins were born 8 weeks premature, we would be at higher risk for a premature delivery should we decide to have another child. So, when that time came last summer, and we celebrated the joy of becoming pregnant, we also braced ourselves for the possibility of going through the traumatic experience of preterm delivery, a lengthy NICU stay, and then the 2 years of specialized follow-up healthcare should our baby be born too soon. While almost everyone I spoke with on the topic quickly dismissed my worries with "Oh they were early because they were twins! Don't worry about this baby!" I couldn't help but think of all the very many friends I now have who are moms of twins and who carried their children to full term--37, 38, even 39+ weeks! While multiples are at higher risk for preterm l...

Thirty-Seven Weeks Some wish to be done by now. I relish in it. As I sit to write this on a late evening, long past my pregnant-mom-of-twin-toddler bedtime, I am hesitant still to say what I am about to share with you: I am 37 Weeks and 1 Day pregnant. 5 full weeks longer than I was pregnant with my twin boys. I sat to write this post 4 weeks and 6 days ago, as I celebrated the emotional victory of making it to 32 weeks and 2 days. But, I stopped myself. Despite the irrationality of it, I felt if I put this accomplishment out into the world, it would somehow jinx my current pregnancy. The thing is, I started this pregnancy with such hope and excitement for staying pregnant all the way til the end, but never really expected the emotional battles of getting past the preterm delivery I experienced nearly 3 years ago. Now, I am so proud to say, I have made it to "Term." Perhaps it is still "Early Term" by medical definitions, but that haunting "pre"...