Preemie Support (original) (raw)

Hi. I have a daughter who just turned a year old on July 2. She was born at 32w3d. We had been trying for three years to get pregnant, and because of the RE I was seeing, we know her exact conception date.

I am constantly fretting about her development. Is she on track? Shouldn't she be doing X by now? What if she's got complications we haven't noticed yet? Is it something I did? What will happen when I'm pregnant again??

I remember being terrified for my baby a little over a year ago. My water broke in the middle of the night, we got to the hospital, and they said her lungs probably weren't ready yet. They stalled labor and gave me shots of steroids and other things in my butt. Two days later, my daughter was born, thankfully screaming, but still with a long road ahead of her.

I've been looking for a support community on LJ for this, but haven't found one. I belong to july2007babies and am a mod at august2007babes because, well, we expected her to be born in August, not July.

I know there are other people out there with preemies. I hope we can all help each other out?

Please feel free to post away. I would love to hear from you and be happy to add you as a member.