Who Will Fight For Preemies???

"We need to fight-- because Babies shouldn't have to"

Today is National Prematurity Awareness Day  and if you know ANYTHING about the Krumwiede family -- ours and extended-- prematurity is a cause that is VERY near and dear to our hearts... Did you know that every year over half a million babies will be born premature (meaning prior to 37 weeks gestation) in the United States, and in North Dakota alone EACH WEEK 20 babies will be born preterm, 3 of those being very preterm (which means prior to 32 weeks), 11 babies will be born low birth weight (less than 2500 grams) and 2 babies will be born very low birth weight (less than 1500 grams).

These are SCARY numbers...Being the mom of 4 preemies, and the auntie to 4 more (Kellen and Shea were born at 29 weeks 5 days, Hailee was born at 36 weeks, and Our Precious Ella* was born at 24 weeks gestation). I feel that sharing the mission of the March of Dimes is my way to give thanks for the miracles in my life, it is my way to give back...IT IS MY DUTY.

A very special THANK YOU to the March of Dimes for all that you do. It is because of the March of Dimes and the awesome work that they do that more and more children at being born healthy ** every day, and going home with their parents as every child should. It is because of the March of Dimes that polio has almost been irradicated, it is because of the March of Dimes that there is testing for metabolic diseases such as PKU in newborns, it is because of the March of Dimes that surfactant has come about, it is because of the March of Dimes that synagys vaccines are here to help preterm infants fight off the deadly disease of RSV. THANK YOU MARCH OF DIMES....THANK YOU!!!

  * Ella is not technically our niece, she is actually Chad's cousin Ryan's daughter. She passed away in June at 83 days of age to read their story and see the new mission for Ella's life please visit Ella's Halo*

** being born 'healthy' in the eyes of the March of Dimes does not mean the definition of  'perfect' as society has labeled it... Healthy means as close to term as possible...**