Change is in the Air
Posted on January 1, 2010 - Filed Under Infertility, Personal Growth, Premature Births | Leave a Comment
The focus of the Twin Peas Blog and Podcast is going to be changing in 2010. For the past 2+ years I have written posts about my infertility journey as well as the premature birth of my twin girls. I’ve addressed some personal issues in addition to supporting many women and couples in the infertility [...]
Read More..>>The NICU and P.T.S.D.
Posted on August 26, 2009 - Filed Under Premature Births, Resources | 1 Comment
One of the women from my Pregnancy & Beyond support group recently gave birth to premature twins. At first, her babies were eating and growing well. A couple of weeks ago, I received a phone call from Angela that her daughter wasn’t doing well. The doctors had diagnosed her little girl with NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis). [...]
Read More..>>Pregnancy & Beyond
Posted on August 11, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births | 3 Comments
The RESOLVE volunteers in Arizona have agreed to start new support groups. One is for the men and the other is for those who make it to the other side. I volunteered to head up the Pregnancy & Beyond support group. At first I wasn’t sure if I was the best person for the job, [...]
Read More..>>Touch
Posted on July 17, 2009 - Filed Under Doctors, Premature Births, Relationships | 1 Comment
The human touch is healing. Just think about how nice it feels to hold the hand of your partner. Or to get a hug from your friend when things are not going your way. Sometimes a quick graze of my husbands hand on my waist increases my heartbeat (which is so cool after 10 years [...]
Read More..>>Learn
Posted on June 21, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Personal Growth, Premature Births | 2 Comments
A few weeks ago I wrote about how self-educating myself during our infertility journey helped me in discussions with our doctors as well as overall peace of mind. One thing that I didn’t do well was learn how to read or communicate well with my husband during that time in our lives. We worked though [...]
Read More..>>Fret Not
Posted on June 15, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Personal Growth, Premature Births | 1 Comment
Okay, so not fretting when you are experiencing a health crisis can be a joke. I’ve been through a few of them and remaining clam wasn’t something I always did well. Even my husband, who is totally laid-back, started to fret or at least make a bigger deal out of his recent lab results than [...]
Read More..>>Education
Posted on June 8, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Personal Growth, Premature Births, pregnancy | 2 Comments
Thanks to the Internet it is easy to become knowledgeable about most anything. I often tell people that I think knowledge is power. With knowledge we can have very different conversations with our nurses and doctors (or friends and family members too). When you know their terminology it changes how they treat you. It changes [...]
Read More..>>eSET Report
Posted on May 18, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births | Leave a Comment
Recently I was forwarded a report on eSET (elective single embryo transfer). While I had basically guessed the results of the report, the finding that eSET reduced multiples births, I was very pleased with the last paragraph of the report which basically states five objectives. My favorite two were/are 1) the ART community should continue [...]
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