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Parents of lost babies and potential of all kinds: come here to share the technicolour, the vividness, the despair, the heart-broken-open, the compassion we learn for others, having been through this mess — and see it reflected back at you, acknowledged and understood.
Thanks to photographer Xin Li and to artist Stephanie Sicore for their respective illustrations and photos.
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Welcome, Max.
Every time a Glow baby is born I whoop in excitement. Max is no exception.
Welcome Max. xoxo
(Love the name - we have a daughter called Maddy - and my dh is called Max :) You're all good there ;) )
It's truly wonderful news and I'm delighted. Love to you. xxx
I can't remember when I last posted but basically last weekend my anxiety levels suddenly went through the roof and I was feeling sick about waiting until 39+1 to have the c-section. But because my ob was away this week the choice was 37 weeks or wait and I was worried that 37 was too early. Rang my ob in tears on Monday and her response was - we'll do the section at 1pm tomorrow. DH came home from work, into the hospital for first steroid shot, home to get our stuff and back to the hospital to be admitted that afternoon. Second steroid shot at midnight. Did not sleep at all with the steroid shots. The morning went quite quickly and then we were headed down to theature - couldn't stop crying by that stage I was so terrified something was going to be wrong when they delivered him. But it all happened very quickly and he cried as soon as he came out. They held him up so I could see him and then he went over to be weighed. The paed gave him a bit of suction and then he came over for a cuddle. After that he went into the humidicrib for about an hour because he was coughing up some fluid still. But he was OK after that and was able to come back to the ward with us after recovery.
He's beautiful and we're so in love. Coming home yesterday opened the floodgates about everything we've missed out on with Matilda but I think I was always expecting that. Just trying to focus on one day at a time and take everything in. It just seems amazing he's here.
Thank you for all your support. And all you other pregnant mama's - hang in there.
Maddie x