My Story

I gave birth to twin girls via c-section in October 2003 at 30 weeks gestation. They spent 6 weeks in the hospital. I decided to stay home with them to avoid putting their health in jeopardy. Every 3 months we would have home visits from a public health program to follow the babies' development. At the last visit, when the babies were 23 months, the nurses saw some behavior from one of the girls (J) that raised some red flags and led to a recommendation to have her assessed for autism. She was then given an educational diagnosis of mild/moderate autism. This blog will be a documentation of our journey from birth to now.