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Our story begins much like many married couples.  We were married for about 2 years when we decided we were ready to start a family.  We were a little unsure if I was able to even get pregnant.  When I was five years old, I was diagnosed and treated for Wilms Tumor, a solid mass cancer involving the kidneys.  My doctors felt the radiation they used to treat the cancer may have affected my ability to become pregnant. 

Fortunately, without much waiting, we were pregnant in 2002 with our first baby.  The pregnancy went very well until I went into labor on July 16^th, at only 20 weeks gestation. Due to the extreme prematurity of our son, Kade Michael Saxton, he did not survive the birth.  He weighed 12.5 ounces and was 10 ½ long.  He was a perfect little baby, just too small to survive.  About 6 months later, we were ready to try again.  Again, without any waiting, we became pregnant with our second baby.  After consulting with a high-risk maternal/neonatal doctor we knew the pregnancy was going along with out any complications.  Unfortunately, again at just 21 weeks gestation, I went into labor and we had a second son, Kort James Saxton.  Kort weighed 12.1 ounces and he was 12 inches long.  He too was a perfect little boy, just too small to survive.

Jamie and I did a lot of praying about what our next step should be in life.  We discussed trying to conceive again.  We both felt this was selfish of us, risking the life of another child.  We then decided to adopt a child.  This too took a lot of praying.  During the stressful time of filling out the adoption paperwork, I did not know I was pregnant.

We saw our obstetrician, Dr. Peter Bump, and he confirmed the pregnancy with an ultrasound.  Not only were we pregnant, we were pregnant with twins.  We felt this may be a good sign.  This was something very different than our first two pregnancies. 

During the next several months, we saw the high-risk maternal/neonatal doctor and Dr. Bump.  I had weekly ultrasounds to monitor the babies.  At 16 weeks gestation, we suffered another loss.  One of the twins had died.  The chance of us loosing the other baby was very high, but Jamie and I prayed that God would watch over this child.  The ultrasound confirmed that we were pregnant with two girls.  So we knew we had to hold onto the hope that we would have a baby girl to bring home.   I was able to stay pregnant for another 11 weeks.  At 27 weeks gestation, I went into labor.  Chloe Rose Saxton was born at 8:03 p.m. on October 13, 2006.  Chloe weighed 2 pounds 5 ounces and was 14 inches long.  Chloe was born via C-Section due to her breech presentation and he size.  We will never forget hearing her little cry.  Her cry was so weak, yet it was so strong!  Never had Jamie or I had the blessing of hearing any of our children cry.  What a beautiful sound! 

Chloe is now 3 years old and full of so much love and energy!  She has an imagination like no other.  She loves to play outside, ride her tri-cycle and scooter.  She loves baby dolls and Disney Princesses.  She loves to read and play dress up.  She is typical 3 year old little girl.  This is all possible because of the research being done by the March of Dimes.  We will never forget when Dr. David Wright came into our room after having Chloe.  Dr. Wright delivered our first two boys.  He said to us…if Chloe was born 20 years ago, we would be having the same discussion that we had when we lost our boys.  But because of the research that has been done, we have a little girl that we could bring home.  What an amazing gift that we have been given!