Hi everyone!! It's that time of year again. We are hoping to walk in two 
2009 March of Dimes "March for Babies" this year. We plan on doing the Cedar Rapids walk on April 26th & then maybe the Des Moines walk on May 2nd. The walk in Des Moines will be our 3rd year with team H.O.P.E. (Helping Other Preemies Excel). If anyone is interested in walking with us in either walk, let me know and I can get the information for you.
For anyone who does not know, March of Dimes funds research to help prevent premature births and help premature babies. This is such an important cause for us since our babies were born prematurely. When I was pregnant with the triplets I went into the hospital for preterm labor and an incompetent cervix at 23 weeks (it was three years ago, April 10th. Oh gosh, just thinking back that was such a very scary time for us! Yes, I'm crying right now just thinking about it), at that time I had an emergency cerclage and was given the Surfactant steroid shot to help the babies lungs develop (the research that was done to make the Surfactant steroid shot was funded by the March of Dimes) I was then in & out (mostly in) of the hospital for the next 3 weeks and then home on strict bedrest with a monitoring system for almost 3 months to give our babies time to grow and develop. The end result of all that hard work are our 3 beautiful and healthy toddlers that were born at 33 weeks gestation (7 weeks early, on June 18th) and only needed about 2 weeks+ in the NICU to learn to eat and grow. If the physicians and medical community had not had the knowledge and skills that they did, I don't know that we would have been so lucky.
2009 March of Dimes "March for Babies" this year. We plan on doing the Cedar Rapids walk on April 26th & then maybe the Des Moines walk on May 2nd. The walk in Des Moines will be our 3rd year with team H.O.P.E. (Helping Other Preemies Excel). If anyone is interested in walking with us in either walk, let me know and I can get the information for you.For anyone who does not know, March of Dimes funds research to help prevent premature births and help premature babies. This is such an important cause for us since our babies were born prematurely. When I was pregnant with the triplets I went into the hospital for preterm labor and an incompetent cervix at 23 weeks (it was three years ago, April 10th. Oh gosh, just thinking back that was such a very scary time for us! Yes, I'm crying right now just thinking about it), at that time I had an emergency cerclage and was given the Surfactant steroid shot to help the babies lungs develop (the research that was done to make the Surfactant steroid shot was funded by the March of Dimes) I was then in & out (mostly in) of the hospital for the next 3 weeks and then home on strict bedrest with a monitoring system for almost 3 months to give our babies time to grow and develop. The end result of all that hard work are our 3 beautiful and healthy toddlers that were born at 33 weeks gestation (7 weeks early, on June 18th) and only needed about 2 weeks+ in the NICU to learn to eat and grow. If the physicians and medical community had not had the knowledge and skills that they did, I don't know that we would have been so lucky.
Please come walk with us or give a donation to help other families have happy endings too!
Come see our blog for pictures of the kiddos and see what they are up to and into!
http://www.ernbergerfamily.blogspot.com/
Thank you!
Kristi, D.J., Austen, Caitlen & Brooklen
http://www.ernbergerfamily.blogspot.com/
Thank you!
Kristi, D.J., Austen, Caitlen & Brooklen
