• Our journey continues at our local hospital

    October 10, 2014

    This is a follow up from my last post which you can read here. So here we are. Our second day at our local hospital. My wife and I arrived at about 8 o’clock in the morning. We went straight to see our girls. We knew that they’d had an uneventful night because my wife…

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  • Our time at the first hospital comes to an end

    October 4, 2014

    Following on from my last post, my wife and I felt much more settled. Knowing where we would be sleeping every night made a huge difference. As did being close to our girls. We could be with them 24/7. It was very comforting. The hospital arranged for my wife to have free food in the cafeteria…

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  • Special Care: The next few days

    October 2, 2014

    This is a follow up to my last parenting post, which you can read here. So, after a very uncomfortable nights sleep in a chair – which didn’t really matter when you consider the grand scale of things. I mean along as I was close to my wife and our girls that’s all that mattered.…

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  • My first few hours in a special care unit

    October 1, 2014

    So the girls have been moved to the neo-natal unit. Before I continue let me just tell you now that nothing could have prepared me for what was going happen next. R was born first weighing 4lb and 3oz. Two minutes later, M arrived weighing 2lb and 11oz’s. I felt lost and helpless. The responsibility…

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