Drumroll Please....
So far, Preemie Primos has raised $1,315 for March of Dimes!
http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/t1524354
Thank you to EVERYONE who has donated.
We are grateful beyond words!
Our goal for this year is $3,000. We're on our way!
I am so passionate about raising money for this cause.
Every single year 500,000 babies are born too soon.
The March of Dimes supports families who have babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by bringing them food and other necessities. (We've been there! We know what this means to families with very sick babies)
They also fight to prevent birth defects, prematurity, and infant mortality.
Please, if you are able, donate to this amazing organization and/or walk with us on May 1st!
http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/t1524354
It is a VERY fun day for adults and kids alike!
It is because of organizations like the March of Dimes that my tiny babies:
Now look like this:
There is not a moment of my life I forget how we have been blessed!
We only hope we can do our best to return the favor to other families.
Love,
Ali
P.S. Here are some of the current March of Dimes research projects that are close to my heart!
Erika Chiong Claud, MD, University of Chicago, is investigating whether use of certain antibiotics in premature infants may alter gut bacteria and increase susceptibility to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening intestinal complication that is most common in babies born very prematurely. This study could possibly lead to changes in the care of premature babies to help prevent NEC.
Kristina M. Adams Waldorf, MD, University of Washington in Seattle, is studying how uterine stretching may trigger preterm labor, as a step toward developing drug treatments to prevent stretch-induced labor. Uterine stretching appears to be an important stimulus of preterm labor in pregnancies with twins, triplets and other multiples and in pregnancies with excess amniotic fluid.
Deborah McColl Money, MD, University of British Columbia, Canada, is using new genetic technologies to detect and analyze vaginal microbes that contribute to preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM), a leading cause of spontaneous premature delivery. This could lead to more accurate identification of women at risk of PPROM, as well as new treatments to prevent it.
