my 22 week & 3 days baby girl

I was 21 at the moment, first pregnancy. Found out with the second child my cervix was incompetent. Didn’t get a cerclage the first pregnancy.She was born around 1lb & 5oz i think. I was on IV, given 2 steroid shots for her lung development, and was in labor for over a day trying to avoid the birthing (i kept refusing pitocin). after i gave in, she was born 10 hours later, vaginally, in her little sac. 170 days at the nicu. @ inova fairfax, VA.Huge shoutout to the medical team there. I stayed at the Ronald Mcdonald housing and kept breast pumping. She received my colostrum under her tongue with a swab during oral care, which i believe was the sprinkle of me that helped her strive. Whatever it was, my micro preemie made it.She is over 1 today, next month will be a year since discharge. Still a touchy subject for me but wanted to encourage people to go to this NICU if they’re able to. I raised over 10 grand during my stay with tiktok. I have not updated the tiktok donors unfortunately, it was too much at the moment to share her progress. But to the ones in my situation, stay strong! Do research. & stay close to your little one 💛 via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/kjqzbQZ