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Mefunkho · January 2012

It seems like forever since I have popped on TB. I just wanted to pop on and say hi. Congrats to all the news mamas. I know its hard but I'm sure you are doing amazing! You can get through this. This board was a HUGE support for me when my daughter was in the hospital. Also wanted to let you know about a great resources that I try to share every few months. https://www.picturesofhopefoundation.org/

Pictures of hope is an organiation that pairs with photographers around the US to provide a free one time session for parents of preemies. They will come to the hospital when you want them to and take pictures of your LO and no cost and provide (at their discretion) prints or cds of edited pics for you. I will forever cherish the pictures that were taken of my DD when she was in the hospital.

To all the mamas who were here when I was I hope yours LOs are thriving! I try to look for updates when I'm here. We continue to pray for all families affected by PTL and who have preemies.

For anyone that does remember me my DD was born at 23w3d and is now(as you can see in my ticker) almost 10 months old. She weighed 1lb 1oz at birth and was 11 inches long. Today she is 16lbs 5oz and 25 inches long. She is sitting up on her own, waving and attempting to pull to standing by herself. She has managed to start back scooting (which PT wants us to discourage) but she has no interest in crawling on her tummy. As far as we can tell she has no delays and is right on track with her adjusted age. We are so very proud of her. PT, OT, VI and her EI teacher come once a month. She still has some hypertension and we give her meds 2x per day for it. Life is good right now.

I hope this finds you all well.

Marissa