15 Million babies are born too soon each year world wide! This is a huge number. To think that in 2012 my precious Anastasia was included in that number is hard to swallow. When we discovered we were pregnant in October of 2011 I was hoping for a "normal" pregnancy, and until my 20 week sonogram it was pretty normal. Then we discovered the 2 vessel cord, which meant we had to see a fetal specialist. There was a good side for that, we got much better sonogram pictures and instead of dealing with the ob clinic's freezing cold gel for the ultrasound machine, I got warm gel. Nothing really to brag about but it's the little things that made me happy.
Everything was fine until my doctor's appointment after my chorus's competition, my blood pressure was a bit raised. I had to do a 24 hour urine analysis and have blood taken. 2 days later I was back at the doctor's and I was admitted to the hospital with slight hypertension.
April 2, 2012 things went bad, I had what I thought was heartburn and it lasted all day! I took tums, and pepcid and nothing touched it. Just after midnight on April 4th 2012 I could not get comfortable so I pushed the nurse call button. They called the OB on call and she couldn't tell me what was wrong with me. That was a long night, thankfully I was given morphine so that the pain would finally stop. I didn't but it did lessen so I could get some rest. Later that day it was decided I would have an emergency C-section due to suffering from HELLP Syndrome, a very severe form of Preeclampsia....thus causing my baby to be born prematurely.
Without the March of Dimes and their support of the NICU at Vassar Brothers Medical Center I probably would have gone nuts for the 5 weeks that Anastasia was there. I am so grateful for all the work they do.
I am not only walking to celebrate my daughter Anastasia, but also a boy from my church Aiden, who is also a Preemie. He was born 6 months after Anastasia when his mother went into early labor. Another preemie I am celebrating when I walk on Sunday is my good friend's niece Gabriella. Her mom also suffered from preeclampsia.
So this is why I walk.
Blessings to you all
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