Elisabetta Fantone Instagram – First time I was allowed to hold my baby boy I felt an overwhelming rush of love and desire to protect him. I fantasized about wrapping him up and running out of the hospital to bring him home. I fantasized about somehow turning back time and changing the course of events. I felt I had lost all control. I felt my baby was being taken away from me. I felt utterly hopeless. He was in such a rush that he decided to make his big arrival at 28 weeks weighting only 2.1 pounds. I lived such a beautiful pregnancy just like I did with my daughter that I felt like I was floating on a cloud. I’ve been blessed to breeze through it and thus I’ve deeply enjoyed being pregnant with both my children. Although this time around his birth was completely different. Such an unexpected turn of events. Something I never thought would happen and never thought I’d have the strength to get through. But I did. I have fought and conquered all the difficulties, struggles and fears that a #nicuparent has to experiance seeing their little baby fight for their life. The agony of being seperated from your baby for over 7 months. Something I don’t wish for any parent to go through because it is a brutal and lonely journey. But with suffering comes perseverance and endurance and endurance produces character. And somehow G/d answered our prayers and we make it to the other side. When I would be asked if I was expecting a boy or a girl I would often answer ‘a fighter’. Little did I know I would birth a real warrior. The youngest human being I know with the strongest physical and psychological strength. #nicu #nicubabies #nicuparent #preemie #prematureawarness