Although Jessica Wisdom had two full-term, healthy pregnancies, her third didn’t follow any of the normal rules. She ended up meeting her preemie son, Theodore, six weeks earlier than expected. At 33 weeks, Theodore was measuring several weeks smaller than he should have been. Jessica’s health was also deteriorating. With climbing blood pressure and uric acid levels, doctors diagnosed her…
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Bekah Phelps was nearing the end of her second trimester with her son, Judah, when her water broke at 24 weeks. Through medical intervention she was able to delay delivery to 31 weeks. He weighed just 2 pounds, 15 ounces. Bekah went through a difficult pregnancy with Judah, worrying for her son’s weight early on. Judah’s weight began to decline from the…
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After what seemed like a normal pregnancy, Lindsay Maglione felt stomach cramping at 27 weeks gestation and called her doctor. Those pains turned out to be contractions. She spent four days in the hospital where doctors tried to stop her premature birth. However, little Jack had another plan. Lindsay delivered him naturally with no time for an epidural. He weighed…
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Lauren Edwards was barely halfway through her pregnancy when her daughter, Ivy Lynnlee, was delivered by emergency C-section at 25 weeks at just 1.3 pounds and 11 inches long. “When you’re pregnant, you always hear about preeclampsia/HELLP syndrome but never think of actually having it,” she wrote on Instagram on the day Ivy was born. Lauren would quickly recover from…
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Overwhelmingly, Preemie Mom Camp readers loved reading about fellow preemie mom stories in August. Revisit last month’s top read stories and catch up on any tips you may have missed! 1) MY MICROPREEMIE AT AGE FIVE – PREEMIE MOM STORY REVISITED Readers loved the heartwarming tribute preemie mom Heidi Montgomery to her daughter, Elsie, who was born at 26 weeks and…
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