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I had a lot of complications with my pregnancy (a lot) and was put in the hospital for monitoring at 29wks. I am a terrible patient so I insisted on doing bed rest at home. When I was in the hospital my doctor told me would be be delivering the baby within the next week because my blood pressure was just too high and it wasn't safe. I told him absolutely not, that was not happening and that I would get to 34wks come hell or high water. They gave me shots of steroids to advance her lungs. I was put on modified bed rest on March 28th but had to go to the hospital for fetal monitoring twice a week. They had me scheduled for morning monitoring but I kept telling them she wasn't active then and that I needed to come in the afternoon. After several 3-4 hour sessions and many many tears they finally listened to me. The one good thing to come out of all the hospital visits was getting to know the nurses beforehand. I knew exactly who I wanted and who I didn't. I had a list in my purse

The Tuesday after Easter I went in for my first bi-weekly monitoring and was told that I had no amneotic fluid and that they would be delivering Megan that day. Um, no. My husband and son are camping in Yosemite right now so that's not going to work. I called hubby who insisted on leaving right then but I told him to finish out their last day and night and leave early in the morning.

Megan was born via c-section at 6:15pm the next day and was immediately taken to NICU. She was born 5wks and 5 days early and weighed 4lbs 5 oz. I was rather obnoxious to my doctor about how I told him she would be term. She received AMAZING care! The NICU nurses were fantastic. I went home that Sunday and the following Sunday, Mother's Day, we brought her home.

She is a happy healthy almost one year old with no complications. You would never know she was a preemie. She is in the 50% for height and weight, has no issues with sight, sound, verbalizing, or playing. She is perfect (well, we think so!) I do think those steroids did something to her lung capacity because this girl can scream like no other!

@winniebee: Hi! Congratulations on your soon to be little bee! My doctor was so glad to see me go I am sure! I asked a lot of questions and fought with him a lot which he hated but I had to be my own advocate and I refused to let him scare me into doing what was easy for him. It would have been a lot better for him to have me stay put in the hospital (liability, etc...) but that did not fit into my plan. My first pregnancy (my son is almost 10) was problematic only at the very end but this one...my daughter was giving me a time! Is this your first?