Prematurity Awareness Day

Today is Prematurity Awareness Day and I'd like to direct you to my friend Kara's blog post about this.

Kara points out that a preemies' fight for life and wellness isn't as simple as "gain some weight and go home and everything is fine."

I'm so thankful every day that our preemies did so well. There were certainly issues we dealt with. We didn't just have our babies and bring them home. Luckily our babies' issues didn't go far beyond those of any preemie... increased calories, reflux, thickening liquids, coming home on monitors, etc. But there are babies out there that go through YEARS of therapy, appointments, surgeries, etc as a result of premature birth.

Anyway, I hope you read Kara's post. She's an awesome mom, and a great ambassador for the March of Dimes, and her boys rock!