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Tina - posted on 11/05/2008 ( 3 moms have responded )

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Wow I have never had the chance to talk with other premi momas does it matter that my son is 10.5 years old now if you dont mind i will tell you my story



I got pregnant with my Beatiful and only child and hapens to be a boy in october of 1997

the pregnancy was horrible I was realy sick in the begining all the time alot more at night but any way I started to dialate with my son at 3 months gestration I was a center meeter in a half i got shots to stop the contractions they sewed me up and i was on total bed rest suffering from back labor it was so hard all i could do was cry!! than I got realy sick where my husband had to help me to the bathroom i was so weak (oh also very animac)through out pregnacy any way One day may 4th 1998 my husband looked at me while i was crying and laying there he said''Look I have never been a dad before you have never been a mom'' ''but i realy dont belive that you are suposed to be this bad get in the car were going in.. thank god he said that when he did we got to the hospitial they got me all in my room i had dialated to 5 now they give me the shots they made me not move

next thing i new it was 7:15am on May 5th 1998 the nurse took my temp I belive it was like 95.5 and they seen that my son was seriously in distress well at 8:33 in that am my world was born

he was not breathing he got oxygen as soon as he was born than they flew him out i went there every chance i got did that for 1 month than he came home he had a heart monitor on him for a year he had tons of meds he needed to survive and he ate out of a tube for the first 5 or 6 weeks

the only trama that this has affected my son and his momey and daddy is that he has Mild mental retardation and a severe cognitive disability all from not enogh oxygen to his brain

But I would not trade him for any thing he is his momeys and daddys pride and joy

Thanks for letting me tell my story i have always wanted some one to talk to about this



Tina

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Aneesa - posted on 11/17/2008

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you have a beautiful story and I dont think it matters how old your child is, the journey of a preemie mom will always be special and treasured. We were robbed of the normal special labour, the room of flowers and the ability to become complacent. we are also lucky to count each day our child breathes as a blessing, we cherish every day we had to hold them b/c we were deprived of that as they lay in the NICU and had others taking care of them as we helplessly watched. We know that the first time our child said the word "mama" we witnessed a true miracle and it made all those sleepless nights, those days of praying for the strength to make it through another day being strong for our child, all the worries and stresses of having a sick child WORTH IT!! our babies will truly Always be babies to us and we will carry the scars of a preemie's first year with us forever. Whether it makes us cry or stronger, it makes us appreciate our blessing even more so. My sweet girl is 16mths now and I still look at her and cry from the depths of my soul, from happiness that I am so lucky to have this angel and for how far she has come, all she knows now is the joy of being a child and I am forever grateful for that and her.

I am happy you and your son have such a wonderful life together here's to many more!

Jody - posted on 11/15/2008

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I have to agree...I wish that I'd had someone to talk to that had been through it before. I was so overwhelmed and confused about so many things. Luckily, my son (now 2.5) was only in NICU for 3 weeks, but it would have helped to have read some of these stories at that time. We were incredibly lucky, as my sweetheart had no complications whatsoever, the only thing keeping him in NICU was that he needed to learn to eat.

Oneika - posted on 11/07/2008

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I don't think it matters how old your child is to talk about your story. I knew about premature, but until you go through it, you don't realize how it seems like a totally different world. I had signed up for a parent-to-parent after Elon was born. I was able to talk to someone who had a child born at 32 weeks, just like my son. The only difference is that her son is now 8 yrs old. It's to find other people to talk to no matter how old their preemie is.



Congratulations on your journey & good luck.

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