Our Miracle

"Born 31 weeks weighing 2 lbs 9 oz, Amara was definitely a surprise to me and her father! We did not find out I was pregnant until I was 17 weeks, and went in for my first doctors visit and found out the gender of our baby girl right then and there! After a few visits I was diagnosed with mild preeclampsia and had to get on high blood pressure medication all at the young age of just 21!
I was going in for my NST testing and ultrasounds when I found out I did have an anterior placenta, which was why I didn’t feel Amara moving around or kicking as much. My last NST test baby girl didn’t move around a lot and it caused a scare especially given that I was 29 weeks pregnant. It caused me to have to be admitted to the hospital on December 12, 2023 and I stayed in the hospital for two weeks being monitored and having every scare in the world.
Amara was grabbing her umbilical cord cutting off her oxygen causing her heart rate to drop and the doctors figured it was best for baby to be out than in - I was scheduled for an emergency c-section on December 19, a day before my 22nd birthday. On that day at 9:37pm our baby was born; a couple of hours later I then went back into surgery due to internal bleeding.
Safely in the NICU, Amara was there for 42 days and bringing her home was the best day ever (besides her being born)." NICU mom, Tyona