“My husband and I wanted to be parents more than anything. It was a long journey and it did not happen right away for us. When I got to tell him we were pregnant right before his birthday, we were ecstatic. We couldn’t wait to be parents to our little girl.
Everything was going normal in the pregnancy until April 20th. I was scheduled to fly out that day to go back to Indiana for Lilly’s baby shower. I knew something wasn’t right that morning, went to my OBGYN’s office and got the ok to fly. Later that evening, I started going into labor at the airport and didn’t even realize it. I just had a lot of back pain. So I changed my flight to the next morning and went home to relax and ease the pain. A few minutes after arriving home, my water broke. My husband and I raced to the hospital and within an hour of getting there, Lilly was born via c-section. She was 17 inches long, weighed 3 pounds 7.7 ounces, and was the most beautiful baby we had ever seen.
She is so precious and such a fighter. My husband and I are blessed to have her in our lives. ”
Lilly | 29 Week Preemie | NICU Portraits | Charlotte, North Carolina NICU Photographer | Krista Gantt Photography
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