There were times when I had so much fear, the thoughts of going home empty without my bundle of joy in my arms. I wept, I prayed, I stared, and watched my miracle.
Psalm 91 became my speech, Psalm 46:10 became my best verse ever, till date I hold on to this.
Because God deemed me worthy to be blessed, he made me watch a miracle happen before my eyes.
I watched her warrior’s dance as she struggled at life to be mine, I watched as her cries grew stronger each day. I watched as she gained weight and got bigger.
I watched for the first two years as she gradually got up to each milestone, I watched as she outgrew her title of a preemie baby and even became bigger than full term peers, I watched a miracle happen!
Today my miracle, my daughter, the one who has felt my heart from the inside is 5!!!!!
I have a 5-year old, somebody pinch me 🥳🥳!
Happy birthday to my precious little one.
Love,
Mum.
Important Information:
Please don't ask a preemie mum why her child isn't achieving a milestone yet. I heard stuff like "she isn't sitting yet at x months, or why isn't she walking yet at x months"
The delicacy in nurturing and caring for a preterm baby is hard enough, don't add your perception of milestone achievement to the burden of the mother.
You may think preterm babies are slower in hitting their milestones but they aren't, they usually hit their milestones using their "corrected age".
What does this mean?
This is a calculation of the babies age based on the mother's expected due date. For example, when a baby is born 2 months premature, and is now 4 months old, the baby isn't expected to act or achieve the same milestones as a 4 month old full term baby. What is expected of this premie is to do exactly what a 2 months old baby is doing. So your baby maybe 8 months old and just sitting like she was 6 months that's perfectly okay because by the corrected age of 2 months different she should act like a 6 months baby.
To all my fellow preemie mums, don't be bothered, in a few years time(between 2-3years old) you won't even notice the difference between your child and his/her full term peers.
So relax you got this.
Stay Sharp,
Warri Girl.
