Micro preemie twins go home for Thanksgiving after 100 days in NICU [Video]

Caitlin Shoaf was nervous about the “nurse curse” when she found out she was pregnant. She’s a labor and delivery nurse at Thomasville Medical Center, and she and her co-workers know they can become some of the most complicated patients. Still, she never expected to start having contractions only 20 weeks into her pregnancy.”We usually take care of very uncomplicated patients and mothers and babies, so I was going into a place where there was so much unknown,” Shoaf said. “It was really scary.”She ended up having her twin girls at 26 weeks and 5 days gestation on July 14. Shoaf said that’s considered micro-premature.”I had never seen babies so small,” she said. “They were both in the NICU for nearly 100 days. Lanie was there for 98 days, Kendall for 91 days. I would say one of the most difficult things was having to bring one baby home and …