Stress and Pregnancy (and Pre-Pregnancy Too)
Posted on December 23, 2008 - Filed Under Premature Births, pregnancy | 9 Comments
A study in Denmark is suggesting that prematurity might be caused by stress prior to pregnancy. The article in the BBC News suggests that women who experience sever stress six months prior to pregnancy are more likely to experience premature birth, i.e., the birth of their baby before 37 weeks gestation. The prematurity rates in [...]
Read More..>>What It Was Like
Posted on November 30, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births, pregnancy | 1 Comment
This will be my last post in November to honor National Prematurity Awareness Month. During the month I’ve been blessed to find new bloggers and resources that focus on both infertility and premature birth. These two topics go together more often than we realize. If we all work together we can raise the level of [...]
Read More..>>Self-centeredness
Posted on November 19, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births | 1 Comment
Today I realized that self-centeredness is a disease. I say that because I just read a really nice article on Prematurity Awareness Month, “Premature baby goes from 50/50 chance to healthy…” and some of the comments were a surprise. I know when people don’t understand a topic hurtful or inappropriate comments will often appear. I [...]
Read More..>>November is National Prematurity Awareness Month
Posted on November 17, 2008 - Filed Under Premature Births, contest | 3 Comments
November 12th was National Prematurity Awareness Day. I can honestly say I didn’t see much publicity about this event. The only mention I saw wan an announcement during the news on the ticker scroll at the bottom of the screen. It wasn’t much, but it was more than in years past. I’m not really surprised [...]
Read More..>>Four Years Ago
Posted on November 3, 2008 - Filed Under Premature Births, Relationships, contest | 1 Comment
Four years ago I had the worst month of November of my life. My daughters had already spent one month in the NICU and one of my twin daughters was extremely ill. There were days I wasn’t sure she was going to stay with us. My days in November 2004 were full of test results [...]
Read More..>>Finding Your Diamond Radio
Posted on October 27, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births, Relationships | 1 Comment
Friday I was interviewed by Elmas and Janine at Diamond Life Creators, Finding Your Diamond Radio. This is a great interview for you to pass along to your friends and family who don’t understand why you are so upset you can’t get pregnant or who say stupid things that hurt your feelings. We learn a [...]
Read More..>>It’s No Big Deal…
Posted on October 20, 2008 - Filed Under Premature Births, Resources, pregnancy | 2 Comments
At a luncheon event I attended today I briefly shared my story of infertility and premature birth. At the end of the meeting a woman puts her hand on my shoulders and says, “Having a premature baby is no big deal.” She went on to tell me that both of her children, born premature, are [...]
Read More..>>Info You Need to Know about IVF
Posted on October 2, 2008 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births, pregnancy | Leave a Comment
From News Moms Need, a March of Dimes blog, click here to go to their blog and get a copy of the report “Multiple Pregnancy and Birth: Considering Fertility Treatments.”
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