[.Jerry.]

Molly is seven tomorrow. Time flies.

Today seven years ago I was given the nod that Molly needed to come out. I had had four weeks in hospital with Preeclampsia, limping along to keep her growing as much as possible.
Today seven years ago I had a scan. It was a quiet Sunday morning at the hospital and I had been having doppler study scans every few days to check on her. I'll never forget the moment the doctor popped his head around the corner whilst we waited in the corridor. "I think we'll take that baby tomorrow" he said. There was reverse flow in the cord. 27 weeks. It was very scary. I had previously been told there was a bed free in NICU (week before I was preparing to fly to Adelaide from Brisbane to have her as there were no nicu beds here).

Anyway, I'm rambling.
It amazes me each year how strong the (bad) memories are.

She is seven tomorrow (Wed). She is growing well, succeeding at school after a bit of an early struggle, won second place in the talent quest today, happy and very healthy.
We still have our moments with anxiety, eating issues and some learning difficulties, but all is good.
Far cry from the baby in my signature at 810 grams.
Time flies.

Fairly recent photo:


(sorry about the size of the photo. Have tried to resize to no avail.)

This post has been edited by .Jerry.: 11/12/2012, 05:35 PM

[jobo77]

What a gorgeous girl!!

[FiveAus]

She is absolutely beautiful. Congratulations on producing a lovely daughter.

Earlier this year a FB friend of mine had a little boy at 28 weeks. She posted a photo of him every single day until he was big enough to leave hospital and it was the most incredible photographic journal I have ever seen.

[R2B2]

Happy 7th birthday for tomorrow gorgeous Molly!

[Missy Shelby]

Gorgeous girl, terrific mum

I absolutely love hearing stories about premmies where the child has thrived and gone onto lead a happy and healthy life.

My dd1 was also a premmie and also displays alot of anxiety, is this something that is common in premmies?

[.Jerry.]

Thanks everyone.

Missy Shelby - Yes, there is research that says prems are more prone to anxiety and attentional difficulties in the short term.

[Missy Shelby]

Thanks everyone.

Missy Shelby - Yes, there is research that says prems are more prone to anxiety and attentional difficulties in the short term.

Thanks for responding .Jerry. what is struggles with the most is social anxiety, which breaks my heart as I can tell she wants to play with kids but really struggles with join group activities, this happens mostly at kindy. With her friends outside of kindy she is alot better. We are hoping to get her into a program next year that will help her greatly with this, fingers crossed that she gets in.

[librablonde]

Jerry, I can't imagine how hard you must have struggled to keep your pregnancy going and then having such a tiny premmie. And all your years of hard work, setbacks and sleepless nights, too. But your DD is gorgeous and has such light in her smile- you must have been doing it right Congratulations on bringing such a lovely soul into the world.

[amabanana]

She's gorgeous! Happy birthday to her and congratulations to you.

[MrsDamonSalvator...]

happy birthday for tomorrow Molly