Our son Tommy was born at 26 weeks and weighed 1lb 15oz (879g). We were told that he was a good weight for his gestation but, to us, he was just so tiny. Tiny but so, so perfect. The experience of neonatal intensive care (NICU) is like no other and, unless you’ve been through it, you can never really understand.
Read MoreIt has been 140 days since I heard the words “Oh this is not good, not good at all. This baby has to come out”. It’s been 139 days since my baby was born at 29 weeks by emergency c section, weighing 2lb 2oz, having stopped growing some weeks before.
Read MoreIn 2011 I found out I was pregnant. It wasn’t a surprise because, like most things in my life, it was carefully planned. Working in the media there’s not a great deal of job security and I’d strategically manoeuvred myself into a permanent role after years of freelancing in order to get some paid maternity leave and – most importantly for me – a job to return to.
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