Mum shares incredible pics of baby born at 22 weeks…2 weeks before abortion limit making her one of the world’s earliest
A MUM has shared incredible images of her baby - who was born at just 22 weeks and two days - making her one of the earliest in the world.
Speaking exclusively to Fabulous, yoga teacher Lura, from Charlotte, North Carolina, tells her story... But I was seeing my gynaecologist and a specialist in multiple pregnancies regularly and they told me everything looked normal, so I wasn't concerned. The next morning, on July 15, I told my fiance ‘this doesn’t feel normal’, so we called the hospital and asked what we should do.I told them ‘it’s one right after another’ - so they told me to come straight in.
The doctor checked my cervix and I was 6cm dilated. She said ‘you’re going into labour, it’s happening’.I asked ‘do we have time for epidurals?’ They called for one but it was too late, by that point it was time to push.At 7.53pm my first baby Lyric was born and she came out with one push, she was so small. Three minutes later, Cali was born with one push also.
Similarly, Amillia Taylor was born at just under 22 weeks in October 2006. Because she was conceived by IVF, her exact gestational age can be pinpointed.Cali was born weighing 1lb 1oz and Lyric was just a little heavier, at 1lb 2oz. Both of them were only 11ins long. The doctor said Cali had severe brain haemorrhaging, they are graded from 1-4 with four being the worst, and she had two grade 4 haemorrhages.They said even if we were to keep her on a ventilator and life support, she was in pain, she was suffering.It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to decide.But Ricky and I didn’t want to be selfish and didn’t want her to suffer, so we made the decision to take her off the ventilator.
I recently spoke to a psychic medium, who told me Cali sacrificed herself for her sister. After she passed away, Lyric started seeing some improvement. When the girls were born, they gave just them both a 10 per cent survival rate. While Cali had more complications, Lyric has been beating all the odds.Lyric is classed as a micro-preemie. She's the youngest in her NICU and I know many doctors don't class anyone under 24 weeks to be viable, although I think that's ridiculous.
Pure joy and excitement but also extreme anxiety. She’s so small and fragile that I was nervous to hold her.
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