My son Jeremy was born August 25, 1997 at 7:22 in the morning. He wasn't due until November 9th, and I was terrified when he came just into my 29th week of pregnancy. He was my first baby, I didn't know what was happening. I hadn't had a chance to go to any of the childbirth classes I'd planned on...and the reading I'd done didn't seem to stick in my mind.He weighed 2 pounds 15 ounces at birth. He measured 16 inches long...the neonatalogists all said he was on the larger side for being so early, but all I saw was my son with no body fat, struggling to live in a world he shouldn't have entered yet. I didn't see a "good-sized" baby.
I never found out exactly why he was premature. My pregnancy had been healthy up to that point...of course, I could have eaten better, I could have gotten more rest, I could have stopped working - the "I could haves" drove me nuts after awhile. Luckily the staff in the NICU were terrific and helped me deal with my guilt as well as taking excellent care of my little boy.
I have another page strictly for Jeremy that tells more about him and has lots of pictures - I just love showing him off! - if you'd like to visit my other Cyberspace home, just click on the following link, I'll be updating those pages soon!
Mommy and Jeremy - April of '98
This picture is over a year old, but it's one of my favorites so I thought I'd include it on this page.
'Somewhere Out There'
