After trying for 2 years to have a baby, Mike and I decided to try IVF. It worked! I had a pretty easy pregnancy, but had a few issues. I lost one of my babies, I was RH Negative and had Gestational Diabetes. Other than all of that, pregnancy was a breeze (I LOVED being pregnant!)! I woke up on March 9, 2008 and I just didn't feel right. So I called my doctor and they said that since I was at 30 weeks it would be best if I went in and got checked out. We got to the hospital around noon that day. They determined that she was under stress and decided to take her right then. Jenna was born at 2:01pm. The whole experience was pretty surreal. It happend so fast that it took me a little while to process what had just happend to us. I was very overwhelmed when I walked into the NICU for the first time. The sights and sounds were very intimidating, and to see my baby there so little and helpless, it just made me cry. The doctors and nurses in the NICU were great, they answered every question and concern I had, and even offered a shoulder if I needed it. My favorite answer: Because she's not supposed to be here yet.......I got that a lot. As hard as it was to leave Jenna there when I was released from the hospital, I knew she was in good hands and I had the utmost confidence that she would be well taken care of........and she was. She was released into our care on May 2, 2008. And we have been living happily ever after since.
Wow Moment:
Looking back to where we started (a year and a half of fertility treatments), we truly have a miracle baby. She is truly a child of technology, and a definite part of God's Master Plan. Every day is a wow moment for me. I look at my daughter and see how big she has gotten, and how wonderful she is. I am watching her grow up into a happy, inquisitive, independent little toddler. She has come a LONG way from the 2lb 11oz fraile little baby that she was when she was born.
Karri D.
