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Hayden and Connor's TTTS story by Lindsay Castiglione

A friend of mine, Lindsay Castiglione, posted this as a Facebook note August 4th, 2011, after a harrowing pregnancy. Her identical twin boys were diagnosed with Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) at 16-weeks and were brought into the world at 30-weeks via an emergency C-section June 16th, 2011. They spent 46 days in a NICU 45-minutes away from Charlie and Lindsay's home. Recently, Hayden and Connor celebrated their first birthday! I would also like to add that Lindsay exclusively breastfed and pumped for her boys their entire first year. Amazing! Since posting this "note," Lindsay has been asked repeatedly to blog about her experience with TTTS. I am so excited to finally share her story with you, with Lindsay's permission, of course. Thank you for sharing your story, Lindsay! -Kimber (For more information on the differences between identical and fraternal twins, check out my blog post " Identical or fraternal .")  I will nev...