This is my nephew, he was born weighing 1lb 14 ozs when he was born. He was born pre-mature. His head could fit in the top of the palm of your hand, while his little butt fit at the bottom of it. He was tiny and on resperators for the longest time... He was born in 1996, and now, he is 13 years old. This is him now [well on Halloween of LAST year, Captain Jack sparrow...] i know if you have a premature baby it will be hard, but i just wanted to post this to show there IS hope for you mommas, my brothers ex wife was 17 when she had him, she was young, and managed... keep your chins up... there is hope...
25 years ago, my first son was born 2 months prematurely. He spent time in the NICU, had apnea, no sucking reflex, etc. He was born prematurely because of placenta previa, and we'd almost lost him several times during my abbreviated pregnancy. At a healthy 25 years old (my kid is a quarter of a century old!!!) , he's 6'4", had his first wedding anniversary in August, bought a house 3 months ago....don't ever believe that miracles don't happen. That was 25 years ago, when medical science wasn't even as advanced as it is now for the care of preemies. When we look at those early pics....it's amazing! (All of your babies/children are beautiful, btw).
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Ah, yes my nephew is autistic and in special classes as well. I love him to death, and i thank my lucky stars everyday for him. He is such an amazing child... Your children are beautiful, i hope they live a long and happy life 
Quoting anna_mccall:Great post. My twins were born at 26 weeks, weighing 1'14 and 2'6. My daughter's head was the size of a baseball. They are now healthy almost 3yo's. With the exception of Autism.
Here they are now
Me and my twin sister were born at 26 weeks in 1986, I weighed 1 lb and she weighed 1 lb 6 oz we are 23 both healthy with no medical problems!
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my daughter was born 4 weeks early and was diagnosed when i was 30 weeks pregnant with IUGR. she was 3lb 10.1oz and 17 1/4 inches long and had to spend time in NICU...
this is her now at 5 months she weighs 14lb 2 oz
Quoting india_haven:
my daughter was born 4 weeks early and was diagnosed when i was 30 weeks pregnant with IUGR. she was 3lb 10.1oz and 17 1/4 inches long and had to spend time in NICU...
this is her now at 5 months she weighs 14lb 2 oz
i am coming over and stealing your baby
Thankyou. My son is really lucky. He had heart surgery at 1 week old and a grade 3 brain hemmorhage and now has no complications from either except the 4 in scar on his left side. They both have low immune systems and catch everything, but my oldest daughter (who was a 32 weeker) has an IGA immunodeficiency and also catches everything, so I don't know if it is a preemie thing or a genetic thing. My son does have seizures, but I'm not sure if it's from the Autism since alot of Autistic kids have seizures or damage from the hemmorhage. Other than no deformities or anything from being born so early.
Quoting StephanieC86:
Ah, yes my nephew is autistic and in special classes as well. I love him to death, and i thank my lucky stars everyday for him. He is such an amazing child... Your children are beautiful, i hope they live a long and happy life
Quoting anna_mccall:
Great post. My twins were born at 26 weeks, weighing 1'14 and 2'6. My daughter's head was the size of a baseball. They are now healthy almost 3yo's. With the exception of Autism.
Here they are now
lol he's so cute. He had a baseball head like my Morgan did. Meaning a baseball was the same size or bigger than her head. My Michael had a bigger head, maybe like a softball, lol.
Quoting PaulDaniel:
This was a great post and brought back memories. My son was a 26 weeker, he weighed 1l 13.9oz. He spent 80 days in the NICU.
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on Sep. 14, 2009 at 2:21 PM