Made me feel differently about being full term

JenLiggons

A friend of mine has just had a c-section at 27 weeks. No news on how her or baby are yet. This makes me feel very bad for complaining about still  being pregnant. I'll be holding a healthy baby in the next few days and she will not hold her son for weeks  

Not trying to be a downer, just thought maybe someone else at the end of their rope could use the reminder like I did! 

 

UPDATE! Baby and mommy are fine! He's 1 lb 11oz  

vsalt31

Yes!! I would gladly trade in my 7 weeks in the NICU & all related follow up/surgeries for a little bit of discomfort & a few stretch marks!

vsalt31

Ps- have your friend check out the preemies forum. I found it to be really supportive and have a ton of good info. Sending her T&Ps

JenLiggons

Will do! She developed actual toxemia, no one has heard from their family yet as to if she and the baby are OK but they are at the best hospital you can ask for so hopefully everything will be fine. Her BP was at stroke level and would not come down. 

westrose

Thanks! I am blessed with a healthy boy who is estimated to be 9 pounds. There are much worse things.... 

KatFCo

I also want to say thank you! I'm 37 weeks along now, but with my first pregnancy, DD was born at 23w6d (yes, she's fine now). Then lots of my friends got pregnant and I had to see their posts on facebook about how tired they were of being pregnant and joking about how they hoped the baby would be born early. I wanted to smack each and every one of them!

It has certainly helped me this pregnancy, because with every ache and pain, every kick, every time I have to get up in the middle of the night to go pee, I am reminded that I am still pregnant and that is the best thing in my world right now.

 

lora2116

Thanks for the reminder!!! Definitely puts things into perspective. I have been upset because my son is not here yet and my due date isn't even till tomorrow. Thanks for reminding all of us just how blessed we are.