As you know now, it has been a whirlwind.
On June 6th at 8:20pm I started having full on contractions. The next thing I know, the delivery team is prepping me for a C-section due to a Placenta Abruption condition.
By 11:45pm our baby girl was born weighing only 830 grams and 13 inches long. All I remember is her having a slight cry and eyes half open, something I didn’t even know was possible at 26 weeks.
I mean, after everything they have been telling us we had no idea what to expect.
I got to hold her for about 2 seconds and then … the NICU Doctors swept her away to attend to her.
This new chapter has begun and as I write this, I feel this sense of closure and peace that no matter what may come next, we did all we could and that baby Stella is safe.
Day 38 was a bitter sweet moment, counting down the hours until they discharged me.
I finally got to go home after 38 long days at RCH. It’s definitely bitter sweet because our baby Girl will not be joining us quite yet. She will have to stay in NICU for close to 3 more months.
At this moment we know she has the best care possible and we are grateful that we will get some time to spend with our boys to make up for the lost time while I was at the hospital.
Trusting Gods plan and staring our new chapter, the one thing that I can take away from all of this is that, life is so unpredictable and it can all change in the blink of an eye!
So like some one once told me, love hard and hug hard today because tomorrow is uncertain!
xo
Rosanna