Newborn Twins

Critical Intervention

Why Are My Preemies on Caffeine Therapy? Three Vital Benefits Explained

Allie Walld 3 days ago

If your journey with newborn twins is anything like ours, it's safe to say you'll be consuming copious cups of coffee just to get through the newborn stage. But that newborn stage with your babies might not begin at home immediately after they're delivered. It might start in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), like ours did. Every pregnancy is different, so it may not always be...

Nod to the NICU

If Your Newborn Babies Need the NICU, Know They’re in Capable, Caring Hands

Allie Walld 2 weeks ago

If your babies were born prematurely and needed to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), then you're already painfully aware of the amazing things NICU nurses and doctors do day-in and day-out to care for critically ill newborns. Becoming a NICU parent happens in an instant. It can be physically and emotionally exhausting, but nothing is greater than witnessing your...

Don't Skip the Shot

Preventing VKDB: Why the Vitamin K Shot is a Lifesaver for Premature Babies

Allie Walld 1 month ago

When babies are born, there's a vitamin they're deficient in, and if they don't receive a properly titrated dose of it shortly after they're born, they're at an exponentially higher risk of dangerous bleeding in the brain, lungs, or gut for the first six months of their life. It's known as Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB), and it can happen suddenly and be life-threatening. In a...

Small But Mighty

Surviving Twin Surgery: An In-Depth Guide to Infant Inguinal Hernia Repair

Allie Walld 6 months ago

The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a tough place to navigate. Everyone is there to make sure their babies are okay and getting stronger, but everyone is watching their little ones facing different challenges every single day. When our babies were three days old (they were born 6.5 weeks early, at 33+5), they needed feeding tubes to keep their feeds down, phototherapy to prevent...

Perk Up Preemies

How Caffeine Improves Cognitive & Pulmonary Function in Premature Twins

Allie Walld 1 year ago

As a soon-to-be or brand-new parent of newborn twins, you're going to be completely and utterly exhausted. And while you might feel like you need several cups of coffee to survive on the miniscule amounts of sleep you'll be stealing, you might also be concerned about consuming caffeine and passing it into your milk supply if you're planning on breastfeeding your babies. But did you...

What’s My Age Again?

Actual vs. Adjusted Age: Why Both are Tracked for Premature Babies

Allie Walld 2 years ago

Statistically speaking, pre-term birth is the outcome for approximately 55 percent of twin pregnancies (this number is between six and 10 percent for pregnancies with a single baby). Multiples who are born before 37 weeks' gestation are considered premature, while a full-term gestation period for a singleton pregnancy is 40 weeks. Most twins end up being delivered around the 36-week...

Fur Baby...Meet Human Baby

Five Tips for Introducing Your Pets to Your Newborn Twin Babies

Allie Walld 2 years ago

The months leading up to the arrival of your twins are filled with plenty of planning and, if you're me, several checklists of things that should be done to ideally promote smooth sailing in what we were expecting to be an exciting yet chaotic time filled with family firsts on a steep learning curve. One of the things on the Must Do list was preparing the four-legged members of our...