Our long story shortened...

20 years of being in love

14 years of marital bliss

5 years of infertility

9 months of a high risk pregnancy

2 perfect boys (at the same time)

1 heart failure

1 type 1 diabetes diagnosis

1 happy life

To see the whole story click on the "about us" tab

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I am a stay at home mom who is raising twins. One of my guys has type 1 diabetes and one does not. I am writing this blog to unite type 1 parents or twin parents. Comment on my posts or in the "what's your high?" and "what's your low?" to join the community of parents just trying to do the best we can!

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Then comes some infertility...

My husband Michael and I did infertility treatments for five years. We did three in-vitros, countless other infertility attempts. I did nearly 250 injections at home over two years, plus all the others at the doctor appointments.  Let’s just say I really wanted a baby! I wrote a book on this subject explaining the heartbreak of our infertility experience in way more detail that will be coming soon. FINALLY, we got pregnant. Yeah!!!
 Even though I knew for sure I was FINALLY pregnant, I realized a week later that I had NEVER actually seen a positive pregnancy test. I just had to do it!
 This is the day we found out!
Ignore the eyebrows, but this is the pure joy!!!! Me, pregnant! In this picture I didn't have any idea there were two bandits in there...
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