Browsing all posts in "Preemie Health".

Faizah’s Story

This story was submitted by Faizah, one of our readers. My preemie daughter was born at 26 weeks (9 Jan 2008) through a breech and normal vaginal delivery.  We were scheduled for a c-sect but there were so much hassle and delays with the nurses and doctors.  I was already about to give birth, with [...]

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Michelle’s Story

  This story was submitted by Michelle, one of our readers. We had no idea what journey we began on Jan 20, 2010.  Sarai Elizabeth Burns was born at 25 wks 2 days. She was 1lb 14 1/2oz and 12 1/2″ long. We spent 123 days in the NICU at BSA in Amarillo, Texas. The [...]

Miracle Michael 23-Weeker

This story was thoughtfully submitted by Kristin, one of our readers. My son is my miracle. He is a surviving twin. He was born at 23 weeks, 5 days (we think he may have been younger gestationally now). He weighed 14 oz. at birth (410 grams). We spent 170 days in 3 NICU’s. In all, [...]

Miracle Myla Born at 24 Weeks

This story was submitted by Richelle, one of our readers. Myla’s story all started in June of 2009. My son Drake was finally one and my husband Dan and I started talking about getting pregnant again. I had to take fertility treatments with Drake, so we figured we would have to do the same this [...]

Jessica’s Story

This story was submitted by one of our readers. My name is Jessica and I found out I was pregnant on my 21st birthday and I could not have been more excited.  My boyfriend and me were thrilled but two weeks later started the long road ahead of us.  About 2 weeks after I found [...]

Hernias

Did you know that it is very common for preemie babies to have hernias? Well, I didn’t but I sure learned. When Drake was 6 weeks old he was well on his way to going home. Nurses made whispers of how he may go home soon with how well he was eating. Suddenly Drake started [...]

NICU Graduate Clinic Follow Ups

When we left the hospital with Roxy, we were informed we would have an appointment card mailed to us with a date and time for her NICU Graduate Clinic checkup.  Roxy’s first checkup was in March of this year and I was a little scared of what to expect, but I really just knew that [...]