It’s funny that November is Prematurity Awareness Month, and my girls (and this girl) were born in November.

As most of you know, my daughters were born at 30 weeks. This means that they were almost 10 weeks premature.

It’s funny that when I tell people that my girls were preemies (and that they were born at 30 weeks), they ALWAYS respond “Well, dont twins come early?”

“Why- yes they do- just not THAT EARLY.”

Their first picture together

We are NICU graduates in our house.

I even managed to raise some money a few months back for our March of Dimes Walk here in NY.

Today, my husband took Soleil to two separate appointments.

The first was for her eyes, as she had slight ROP in her right eye (caused by prematurity). The Doctor said her eye looked quite better than it did last time, and that all he needs to do is see her again in three months. Yes!

On to the next appointment, Pediatric Cardiologist.

Soleil had a hole in her heart valve (another cause of prematurity) that needed to be checked on when she turned a year. Neve had one too, but it cleared up with medication when she was quite small. We were told that if by Soleil’s first birthday, it didn’t correct itself- it would need to be corrected. They say that most of the time it closes itself by the age of 2 years.

NO MORE HOLE!

So needless to say, we can all now breathe a sigh of relief.

But- they did say that they saw some fluid around her heart and asked my husband if she had a cold recently (she did last week, and is still little mucusy). They said that it is most likely why she had the fluid, and just to make sure that is the correct reason for us to return in 3 weeks. Of course, I wont feel 100% better until I know that her cold was to blame- SO i AM SEMI- happy right now.

So anyway, if you donate to the March of Dimes with your Mastercard- Mastercard will double your donation (so for every $25 you donate, Mastercard will put in $25 of their own money)!!

500,000 BABIES ARE BORN PREMATURLY EVERY YEAR.

No one thinks it will be their baby….

The March of Dimes Rocks, and there’s nothing more I can say about that.