We just welcomed the newest and last member of the matt14 clan, my beutiful daughter Emily Anne-Marie. She was born on valentines day this year, but had to stay in the hosptial for 4 weeks before coming home. Whe was born 8 weeks premature and she weighed at birth 3.0lbs and was 16"long. Diddnt want to post anything up about her till I knew that everything was good with her. She came home this past sunday, weighing 4lbs 7oz.
My wife with both her pregancies had a disease called pre-clampsia. It normally affects women in there mid to late 30's and usally dont have it till the end of the pregancy. Well my wife was rare case ( 26 years old with my son, and 28 with my daughter ). Also this time she had diabetes. The disease could cause such things as sever swelling, headaches, blurry vision, siezures, and possibly death of the mother and/or child.This time around was A LOT easier for me to deal with this cause my son was also born premature at 12 weeks early and weighing only 1 lb 12oz, and 12" long. So I kinda knew what to expect when seeing a very small child ( its pretty hard for those who havent ), and seeing the different machines and such. What made it also easier is the support from our family and our N.I.C.U. family. We kept in contact with some of the nurses and doctors that took care of my son, so they were excited to see us again this time, just not on those circumstances.
Just wanted to share with you guys my familys story. Both my kids are doing great, my son is just kinda small for his real age, but is extremely active ( and loves to watch and play basketball ), and my daughter is also small but doing good. My wife is doing good now. The disease goes away once the baby is delivered. She no longer has high blood pressure and diabetes are now gone.