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firefliesandfjords

Hi everyone! I've been meaning to head over here for awhile now, but haven't had a good chance to yet.

I'm a first time mom to a 27 week, 4 day preemie. She was born on August 6th, weighing 1 pound, 14.5 ounces, and was 13 inches long. I developed pre-eclampsia, which was what resulted in her premature delivery after my OB basically ignored my climbing blood pressure for over a month. I was eventually transferred to a bigger hospital 90 miles from home where the doctors tried to control the pre-e for about three days before my blood pressure got way too high to be safe anymore. It was a rough ride, as pre-e was only one of many things that went wrong during pregnancy, but I know it could have been SO, so, so much worse.

She was in the NICU for 87 days, and came home on Halloween, a day before her due date. She came home without any monitors, and with just one medication for her blood pressure. She was a fighter from the moment of birth (only ten hours on the ventilator and only one month of any kind of help with oxygen!) and had no major problems during her stay in the NICU. Our NICU experience was miracle after miracle. My husband and I feel very blessed, and are hoping to do some things in the future to give back to families who didn't have it as easy as we did.

Looking forward to getting to know you and learn about your little ones! The Bump (and back when I was wedding planning, the Knot) has been a huge blessing to me during this whole journey, and I'm excited to "meet" more great ladies!

jcsntms06

Welcome and congratulation on your DD. Definitely stick around and share your story with others.

Throw3ks

Hey buddy! Glad you made your way over the cool side. Been thinking of you and your family!

Pips09

Congrats on your baby!

firefliesandfjords

Hey @Throw3wks ! Glad to see you here! Been thinking of you and your family, too.

Thanks for the welcome, everyone!

KTZ17

Congrats on your daughter! Great name! (I'm Katie). It must be so great to finally have her home! Welcome to the board!

ashleymarie512

Welcome and congrats!

I delivered my DD at 30w after developing pre-e/HELLP. She's still on oxygen and we've been home one month!

jbranden12

Welcome and congrats!

andthatmakes4

Welcome! I also developed severe pre-e. after a month of climbing blood pressure, my OB decided to do the urine test. DS was born before we could finish the test because of how high my BP got and how small DS was. He was born at almost 33 weeks weighing 2 lbs 13 ozs.

Kelly_12

Welcome and congrats on having her home

jennybean80

Welcome! My DS was born at 27 weeks and is now 2yrs 8mo. He's doing fantastic and has no long term delays. Glad your DD is home and doing so well!

aessary03

Hi!  Welcome!!  Sorry I'm so late!  I'm glad your little girl is home with you!!! 

I have 2 preemies.  One was born at 29w due to full on eclampsia .... she stayed 5.5 weeks in NICU and is now 10 with no complications.  My little guy was born at 31w5d due to pre-e.  He comes home from the NICU tomorrow after exactly 3 weeks! 

firefliesandfjords

Congratulations on the upcoming homecoming!

Glad (not glad, but YKWIM) to see some other ladies here that dealt with pre-e. Not feeling so alone now!

rednelson

Congrats on your little girl! Sounds like she's quite the rockstar! I'm mostly a lurker, but also had my DS due to severe pre-e/hellp syndrome.