100 Days of Great Joy (and little sleep)
My pregnancy was rather easy, until it wasn’t. We were looking forward to welcoming our twin girls to the world in May. But at the beginning of April during an ultrasound scan, our doctor showed concern that the size difference between our girls had increased, and the smaller twin hadn’t grown much since the last appointment. After a trip to another hospital to see the twin specialist, it was confirmed that our baby girl had stage 1 IUGR, meaning she wasn’t growing at the rate she should be. Both doctors recommended we deliver the girls early via C-section. At 35-36 weeks, it was late enough that the major organs were developed, but early enough that the girls would be considered preemies. Not to mention Jada was only measuring at 31 weeks. The following Monday, it was confirmed: we would not be having May babies after all. Instead our girls would be coming just 4 days later on April 26. The last few days before surgery were a whirlwind of washing bottles and baby clothes, fi...