Miracle mum Sara shares Ben's story:
My pregnancy was a complete roller coaster from start to finish. We sadly lost one of our twins, James, during my pregnancy. When I look back now, I still can’t believe the hand we were dealt, life really feels so unfair at times.
5 weeks after loosing James, Ben made a very sudden entrance into the world at 27+1 weeks. Coping with loosing James and NICU life was so hard, at times it felt impossible. We tried our best to take it one day at a time and celebrate each small win, like the first cuddle, first outfit, first bath… Thankfully, Ben had a relatively smooth journey and came home after 2 months and 3 days. For his 1st birthday, I wrote him a story to explain his start in life in a child-friendly way. He’s now 6 years old and thriving, at times I never dared to imagine that would be possible. I’ve since been privileged to turn By The Time You Came Home into a keepsake children’s story book. Something that really helped me to process everything we went through. It’s been a great comfort to have something positive come out of what we experienced.
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