It’s National NICU Nurses Day today. Looking back, I don’t think I shared much about our three week nicu stay. It was an overwhelming time that seemed to stretch on forever even though I know, now, how much harder our stay could have been. Our NICU nurses at St. Joe’s were amazing. In those critical weeks, I can’t imagine anyone else caring for Steven, Sammy and Amaya if it couldn’t be us.

These photos I’m sharing are the icing on the cake. I had vertigo issues that prevented me from going to visit the babies in the NICU even 24 hrs after they were born. It was devastating to have to get back into that hospital bed. But Steven, Sammy and Amaya were stable enough that the NICU nurses arranged a one time surprise visit in my hospital room.

For months, I’d seen photos of other triplet moms holding their trios for the first time. It was an image that got me through a tough pregnancy. And these incredible nurses didn’t make me wait one extra day. With great care for the babies, they brought them to see me in my hospital room and gave me the moment I’d been dreaming about. Holding all 3 of my babies together, for the first time.

For so, so many reasons, I’m forever indebted to these incredible, caring, talented nurses.