Michelle Dewberry Instagram – And so a new chapter begins…
After almost 6 weeks, our little boy graduated the NICU.
What an emotional rollercoaster…Incredibly challenging, upsetting & draining-Yet also so often awe-inspiring. So many ups/downs & so many milestones to celebrate; from the complex (not being able to breathe unassisted, nor feed without a tube etc) through to the simple (finally wearing clothes). Neonatology & neonatologists are incredible & premmies are so strong, true fighters.
It was an experience which I’ll never forget & one which has made me slightly more anxious about my son than I’d like to be (I hope that settles in time!). Taking him home was exciting, but scary.
The end to my pregnancy was not what I’d imagined & caused me a lot of upset/grief. It included; my waters breaking entirely unexpectedly 3 months early, a 4 week hospital stay for me full of scary moments, an emergency c-section, my son being taken straight from me & me not meeting him for 8 hours (& that being a simple glimpse of him in intensive care, in an incubator with multiple lines into/monitors on him), leaving hospital without him, painful breast expressing & then almost 6 weeks of being at his incubator every day, as we tried to get him strong. All of that during a pandemic, which often made things twice as hard.
My son still has some hurdles to overcome but it is lovely to finally be able to start a ‘normal’ life with him. I’m privileged to be his mummy & I can’t wait to see the little boy he will become. The world is his oyster…❤️
Not every pregnancy/birth is perfect & the reason I’ve been so open about my journey is because we only seem to see/read about the happy side-I feel it important to show the other side.
Unless you’ve been through PPROM &/or NICU, it’s hard to truly understand it, but it leaves a mark on your heart & soul, which I suspect will be there forever. To those who have, or are yet to experience it, know that you are not alone. ❤️
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