BIG UP to NICU folks everywhere! My girl was only 9 weeks early--2lbs, 14 oz, a giant compared to this little one, and we thought she was pretty damn tiny. When she came home at 4.5lbs her little keister still fit comfortably in one hand. NICU staff are some medical bad asses--they are on the front line really for babies' survival in the first couple of weeks of life, when all the things that could go wrong are discovered, and they're there for the parents as well. We got very lucky with our girl, but our nurse was shared with a couple of other babies, and it was heartbreaking to watch them have to counsel folks who's kids weren't doing well, or who had serious medical problems. It's hard enough to see a child in the hospital, it's even harder to see the life you just brought into the world walled off from you for weeks on end, knowing you're not there for so many hours of the day. These folks deserve a great big round of applause, and so do the staff at the hospital who got them through it.

"She really had the will to live, she was strong and lively," said the pediatrician



*senses an impending abortion debate*

Are you just saying that because her birth weight would indicate that she was still eligible for a 2nd trimester abortion?

Gonadotron

not a miracle. too many people already.

People who bring this up never seem to see themselves as part of the problem. Are you willing to sacrifice yourself to reduce the population problem?