Twins Born On Same Day Conceived 3 Weeks Apart

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Could you imagine being on the pill and still getting pregnant…twice…in 3 weeks?That’s what happened to Amelia Spence earlier this year.

Doctors realized that something was up during an ultrasound when they looked at the screen and noticed that one fetus still looked like a blob, whereas the other had four visible limbs. It was such a marked difference.

“It was really strange to see. The doctor said that he had never seen it before, but had only read about it in textbooks.

“One foetus was 12 weeks old, whilst they said the other was three weeks behind, at nine weeks old. I had become pregnant twice on two separate occasions.

“The doctors couldn’t believe it, either. They told us there was a million-to-one chance of it happening.

“There were concerns for the smaller baby but at the next scan she was still alive.

Miss Spence said: “It was very emotional when the doctors said that the smaller baby was still growing. She was such a little fighter.”

The mother had to be scanned every week to check that both babies were still growing.

She said: “It was nerve-racking going to the hospital each week and I just kept praying they would both be all right. My stomach got so big that towards the end of my pregnancy, I could hardly move.”

Doctors had to carry out an emergency caesarean to deliver the babies because they were both lying awkwardly in the womb.

Ame, the younger baby, arrived first weighing 4lb 13oz. Her sister Lia was much bigger at 6lb 11oz.

This may not be too uncommon because there are statistics on twins that are born to two fathers, which is kind of the same thing because the female would release an egg at 2 different times.

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Celebrities Support EB Medical Research Foundation

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Many celebrities and their families attended CelEBration on the Pier to Benefit the EB Medical Research Foundation.

EBMRF is a volunteer nonprofit foundation dedicated to the support of medical research of Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), its causes, the development of successful treatments, and ultimately, its cure. EB is a group of diseases characterized by blister formation after minor trauma to the skin. This family of disorders, most of which are inherited, range in severity from mild to the severely disabling and life-threatening diseases of the skin. This rare genetic disorder affects all ethnic and racial groups. Estimates indicate that as many as 100,000 Americans suffer from some form of EB.

This unbelievable disease is debilitating for your children because they can never ride a bike, skate, or participate in sports because the normal play of children causes chronic sores. Wounds may cover up to 75 percent of the child’s body. Imagine a diet of only liquids or soft foods because blistering and scarring occur in the mouth and esophagus. Scarring also causes the fingers and toes to fuse, leaving deformities which severely limit function. Imagine a life tied to hospitals for wound treatment, blood transfusions, biopsies and surgeries To learn more please visit their website ebkids.org

Joley Fisher and husband Christopher Duddy with children True and Skyler

Camryn Manheim and son Milo

Noah Wylie and wife Tracy with kids Owen, 5 and Auden (almost 2)

Adam Sandler with Wife Jackie and Daughter Sadie, 1

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Would You Pay $6,000 For A Crib?

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When we were expecting our son, my husband and I picked out a crib that was $500. It had a nice solid wood frame and a stylish look.

At that time we thought that we were splurging, so you can imagine my surprise when I came across this crib by Duc Duc that retails for $6,000.

The ‘Dylan crib system’ includes a crib, change table and bonding bench. With additional extensions the crib converts first to a toddler bed and then to a modernist daybed.

While I am not disputing that this crib has some top notch features and a not seen before style, I wonder if parents are able to spend that kind of money on a piece of furniture that they may only use for a few years.

This seems to be one of those items that well to do families would purchase just to say they had one. The Hermes bag of the baby world.

At the end of the day a crib is a crib. One doesn’t hug your child better or create a more serene environment.

They all have bars that hold the baby in and mattress to keep them comfortable.They will still wake up three times in the night in a $200 crib and a $6,000 crib.

Knowing all of this would you pay $6,000 for a crib…system?

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Waterbirths Increasing In Popularity

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I have written a few times about water births and the benefits of having a baby in a tub. The whole thing intrigues me, it’s just not an option in North American hospitals.

They will allow you to relax in the pool before the birth, but the baby has to be born outside the water.

It is however, an option in the UK and they are seeing a urge in women who are requesting to deliver this way.

UK hospital’s are delivering hundreds of water babies as new NHS guidelines offer mothers greater control over how they give birth.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) this week issued guidance including a recommendation that women should have the opportunity for water births.This method is proving increasingly popular with expectant mothers as 10% of all births dealt with by the hospital’s staff are water births or home births, compared with a national average of 2%.

Midwife and delivery suite co-ordinator Bronwen Boddy said the guidelines signal a new era for mums-to-be who wish to have minimal intervention.

“It is fantastic that these guidelines are supporting the ‘normality’ as this is what midwives all across the country want to do.

“We have usually implemented change in advance of the guidelines. We have had lots of initiatives here ahead of the Government announcement.”

Water therapy has featured in the guidance as it encourages relaxation and less intervention under midwife-led care.

Hospitals are urged to make sure they have pools – at least three pools for 1,000 births a year is seen as adequate provision.

Demand is increasing at the South Tyneside trust. It completed a £1.1m upgrade of its delivery suite in 2003 which included a birthing pool. The trust also enables women to have a water birth at home.

With a water birth, only half need pain relief as the warm water has a relaxing and soothing effect.

It has also been widely reported that Charlotte Church purchased a birthing pool to deliver her baby Ruby in. No details were given about the baby’s birth except that it occurred in her farmhouse.

I think that expectant moms are more open to different birthing options now more than ever.

If are interested in learning more about water births, you should contact a midwife in your area.

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A Bit of Perspective…

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This Youtube commercial is a bit intense, but it gives you a bit of perspective. Live every day like you may not have a tomorrow. Don’t take anything for granted…

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