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Josiah George
Josiah George was born on August 12, 2005 at 24 weeks gestational age.
I had my first visit to our local hospital the previous Saturday as I had
begun
experiencing some worrisome bleeding. I wasn't even seen by a doctor, but
the nurse told me everything looked fine and to just take it easy and
drink plenty of fluids. She also said the abdominal pain I had been
experiencing
occasionally definitely was not contractions and explained what a
contraction supposedly felt like. This being my first pregnancy, I took
her
word for it. I followed her advice and rested throughout the day on
Sunday,
dutifully drinking plenty of fluids.
However, by Monday morning those funny pains I'd been having were 15
minutes apart and getting stronger. I still thought they weren't
contractions, but when I got up to use the restroom I felt pressure and
actually felt my
membranes bulging through the birthing canal. My husband immediately took
me back to labor and delivery for another check up.
The nurse again told me she didn't think I had anything to worry about and
I
was probably just dehydrated. She wanted to send me home but said I could
wait a few hours to be seen by the doctor if I chose. We chose to stay for
the doctor just to be reassured. However, when the doctor checked my
cervix
and determined I was basically fully dilated I was put on strict bedrest
until I would deliver.
The doctor told us I could deliver at any minute and he expected the baby
to
be born within the next few hours. At this point I was only 23 wks, 2 days
and we began having conversations with doctors and nurses about a baby's
condition at this gestational age. Miraculously, I did not deliver until 5
days later after having a 45 minute helicopter ride to the best hospital
in
California, which would not resuscitate babies born earlier than 24 weeks.
When Josiah was born he immediately cried, and I knew everything would be
okay when I heard him. He breathed on his own for 5 days and then had to
be intubated. In his 3 weeks of life he has already been through a great
deal,
but continues to amaze his doctors and nurses with his strength.
They call him "the feisty one" and laugh when he kicks the
nurses as they
try to put in his IV's. We've been told so many times that he is a
fighter,
and he has been from that first little cry we heard in the delivery room.
He
is truly our Miracle Baby!
Mother - Leah |
