First-time parents, Sadie and Codey Carlisle, were excited to not only have one, but two babies to fill their home with joy and laughter when they found out Sadie was pregnant with twins. But things took a turn when Sadie’s water broke at 19 weeks – indicating that there would be problems to come.
“I think very early on we knew that it was going to be a really hard, long journey. But as long as our babies were fighting, we weren’t ever going to stop fighting either,” shared Sadie.
Giving birth to Nellie and Clifford
Two weeks after her water broke, Sadie gave birth to her daughter Nellie and was admitted at The Mother Baby Center in St. Paul. Due to the premature pregnancy complications, Nellie passed away shortly after birth.