For those that had seen my post about going into labor 7 weeks early, here's the result and a bit of the story as told by my husband...
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"So with a due date of July 3, I felt relatively safe going to Europe from May 14-25 [For a choir, as he's a professional singer]. But I got a call from Michelle at 2:45am local time in Lisieux on May 16 (first night in France) letting me know her water broke. I booked a flight for 2:45pm today (5:45am PDT), to land 5:30pm California time. The flight didn't have WiFi, so I couldn't know the play-by-play of contractions/labor, or that the baby came at 2:00pm PDT sharp until I landed.
She is 7 weeks early, but doing very well as far as preemies go. 16" long, 3lbs. 9oz... about 1/3 of my birth weight! She has my Stickler's syndrome with a minor cleft palate, but nothing that is concerning.
Welcome (early) to the world, Olivia Michelle [Last Name]!
Thank you to [friends and family tagged on Facebook] for all their various forms of support in my absence! We love you all!"
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@jrg6515 Thank you! She sure is our tiny miracle.
Shes adorable! Nothing but a miracle. And she will surprise you in many ways. ❤
@vikki655 that is definitely rough and scary. I'm sorry they have all that to deal with.
We are EXTREMELY lucky to have the support of so many in both of our lives, there's no way I would have kept my wits about me (and my husband, for himself), if we didn't have the family and friends we do have.
We are beyond grateful and lucky.
While we are going home today, she won't be, but we know she's in the best hands possible with the NICU nurses and doctors. Sure, I'm sad I don't get to go home with my baby girl, but with the circumstances as they are, we both know she's got a great support system.
On the plus side, she was taken off her fluids, she's being tube fed, but is doing so well, that the fluids don't need to be used right now! 💞
@vikki655 the hardest part is knowing that she has the same syndrome her daddy has. We were hoping to get lucky and she wouldn't have to deal with it. It's not necessarily life threatening, however we know that likely she'll need glasses very early, and she was born with the part of the syndrome that's the scariest, a cleft palate. It's only her soft palate as far as they can tell.
She has to do 3 things before she can go home;
1. breathe without support [we got lucky that she was already doing that]
2. Regulate her temp [She was too young for this one when born]
3. Suck, swallow, breathe. [She essentially has to be able to feed, without spitting things back up and not get fluid into her lungs]
When these requirements are made for a certain period of time, she can go home. But it looks like we are about 3 weeks away from all this.