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Let me introduce myself...

kriten80kriten80
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Hi everyone!

I just wanted to introduce myself.  My name is Kristen and I am a new mother of a little girl named Amaya.  She was born on January 13th at 31 weeks to the day.  At 29 weeks, 5 days, I had no idea that my water had broken and I began to bleed.  It turns out that I had a placental abruption and was contracting every 3 minutes!  I was hospitalized and on strict bed rest for 10 days before I had her via c-section. 

Not only is Amaya a preemie....my husband and I found out at our 20 week ultrasound that she also had two birth defects, neither of which were chromosomal or genetic.  Right now I am sitting in the NICU in Philadelphia, Pa as I have been since Jan. 13th and I am so happy to say that Amaya is doing well....but we have a long road ahead of us.  I have been lurking around this board for the past couple of days and really wanted to get to know some of you because I know what you are going through!  I love reading all of your stories and wish you all the best!

Kristen :)

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  • southphillysouthphilly
    Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!  I am also in philadelphia-please let me know if you need anything.
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  • Bippy798Bippy798
    Hi and welcome to the board. I hope this is helpful a place for you as it has been for me so far.
    A small start at 2lb 9oz, 60 day NICU stay, and 6 months of O2 My 30 weeker is growing up! <a href="http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/bippy798/?action=view
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  • Ali05Ali05
    Welcome.I'm glad you found us. Congrats on little Amaya. Feel free to vent,celebrate or ask any questions.
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  • kahleorourkekahleorourke

    I'm relatively new to this board but wanted to say congratulations on your DD. I love her name. My DD was born at 31 weeks the day after Christmas and is still in the NICU. This board has been great. I wish you and your family all the best. Glad to hear Amaya is doing well.

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  • JennyjenzJennyjenz
    congrats on your baby girl!  :)  glad you found us.
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  • here4uhere4u
    Congrats and welcome!  I hope her birth defects are something that can be corrected/managed.  Best of luck while in the NICU, and after!
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  • DeepoetDeepoet member

    Good Luck and congratulations, I am glad your daughter is doing well. I hope that her birth defects are something that are managable. The "Special Needs" board here is slow but has some great support also.

    We found out about DS kidney issues at our 20 week u/s also and it helped get us ready and we had some time to prepare and pick the doctors we wanted to use even though because he came early a prenatal consultation with a doctor wound up being an actual exam of the baby. 

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  • jcsntms06jcsntms06 member
    Congratulations on the birth of your daughter.
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