Shamed for not being “preemie enough”

I’m not sure if this is the right place to be posting, but I had a really weird experience today.I bring my baby with me to work and while we were waiting on a customer, we got to talking about how he also had a baby recently. Now, when I talk about my baby, I don’t always bring it up, but sometimes I will mention that she was a preemie (35 weeker due to preeclampsia, weighed 4 lb 4 oz and dropped to 3 lb 10 oz, in the NICU for 8 days). When I mentioned it to this customer, he then said he had a 25 weeker and immediately I told him what a miracle his baby was. I then said mine was 35 weeker preemie and he said “oh barely a preemie, not like ours”…. Am I missing something?? Maybe I might be too sensitive but I feel like it was a little rude. I know how difficult it must be to have a child born at any gestation earlier than mine but we were still in the NICU, we still saw our daughter with a feeding tube, we still went through things too.Anyway, just wanted to put it out there that no matter what gestation or weight or ANYTHING, your child deserves to be recognized as strong and resilient and not just “barely a preemie”. I’ve seen so many posts from all of you and your beautiful baby warriors and you’re all truly incredible. via /r/NICUParents https://ift.tt/mubPk8T