02 November 2011

November is Prematurity Awareness Month

Tee's birthday was supposed to be one of the happiest days of my life -

Instead it was the scariest.

I'd had a textbook pregnancy up until the moment I went into labor ten weeks early.

There were no concerns; I was not high risk.

...








Meeting Tee for the first time.



Tee was big for his age.

3 lbs, 11 oz and 17.5 in



That isn't very big at all - but compared with many preemies he was large.



Did you know babies can survive and thrive as early as 24 gestational weeks?

...sometimes even earlier than that?

I didn't.

If I had I wouldn't have felt so scared and alone.







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Tee & me







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