13 years ago today, was Maci's due date... however, she decided not to be a fall baby, instead she came as a summer baby. She was due, September 18... but, blessed us with her arrival on July 18. Two months early!!!
She weighed in a whopping 4 lbs, 1 oz and 15 inches long. She had no medical reason for coming early... and she had no complications for being born barely at 32 weeks... but, there we were, proud but scared parents.
Here she is in the NICU... with her IVs, feeding tubes, oxygen and such. She had a little jaundice, but a little time under the billi lights, and that got better.
After she spent a week in the NICU, she graduated to the step down unit... we got to hold her more often and they encouraged us to come visit and give her a bath and feed her. Which involved me pumping milk (24/7, storing it, taking it to hospital) and then putting it in her feeding tube...
On this day, she was one week old, my mother and I got to dress her and we actually saw her face for the first time...with nothing taped to it.
She weighed 3 lbs, 12 oz... the lowest, before she started gaining weight back.
It was a rough 23 days... (which was much shorter than they prepared us for) but, we survived and it was all worth it, she has grown to a beautiful, smart, polite, young lady... and a very good cook!!!This is last year's school pic... but, she still looks pretty much the same... braces will come off next month on the 19th!
So, even though this isn't a post today, about eating clean and exercise... it is about being a mom, and hanging tough and kicking butt, when you are scared and you just don't know what to do.It all works out... keep the faith and know you can handle it... good things are in store... don't give up!!
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
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Thanks for the inspiring story of you and your family
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