Our NICU Story

“On June 3rd, 2023 at midnight my water broke. I was only 34 weeks pregnant and very scared because this was my first pregnancy and I knew this shouldn’t be happening now. My husband and I made it to the hospital and found out that our sweet boy was footling breech, both of his feet had already made it through my cervix. I went from not being dilated to fully dilated in under three hours and with a footling breech baby, an emergency C-section was in order.

George was born at 3:17am on June 3rd and immediately was taken by the NICU team. I didn’t get to have him put on my chest like I was hoping and I didn’t even get to see him right away. I was so scared because we didn’t hear him cry or make a peep, but knew he was in amazing hands already. A few hours later I finally was able to see my son. He had to be intubated and at this time I still wasn’t able to hold him. 13 hours later I finally was able to hold my Georgie for the first time as they took him off the ventilator and put him on a CPAP machine. We knew that we had a long road ahead of us, but we also knew we had a little warrior on our hands, George did come into the world kicking!

George spent 21 days in the NICU. My husband and I made our way to the hospital everyday, twice a day to spend time with our sweet George. It was draining, it was exhausting, it was hard… but the love we had for George made it worth it. Looking back I feel like I was meant to be a NICU mama. I don’t really know why, but it just felt like part of my journey in motherhood was meant to be there. In the moment you can feel so overwhelmed with emotions, especially leaving the hospital without your child everyday; that really takes a toll. We are so thankful for the nurses who took care of George when we weren’t there. They helped us see the positive every day, even when we weren’t feeling that way. Getting to bring George home was one of the best days of my life and I wouldn’t trade our journey for anything. George is now 13 weeks old (7 weeks corrected) and doing so amazing. He loves to smile at mum and dad, listening to stories, roll over, and watching & listening to his mobile. We are so proud of you George and cannot wait to see who you become!” NICU Mum, Kaylie