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Ricardo and Marcella Sermont had a big thing happen this spring.

The day that they were born.

It was crazy.

Well, actually, two big things.

Oh, man.

When they were born, Augustine was four pounds, I think 13 ounces.

And Sebastian was three pounds. Like almost the four. Yeah.

These first time parents had twin boys, Augustine and Sebastian. And if those birth weights seem low to you,

you're right. They were seven weeks premature and had to spend almost a month in intensive care.

It was really weird touching our babies with a face mask and not being able to do skin to skin right away.

Other parents or newborn parents, they were telling us, oh, immediately do skin to skin.

We felt kind of, I don't know.

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