Our journey to raising our daughter had many complications. To process it all and to share updates with our loved ones, I wrote a blog about it called Clank's Mama, outlined here:
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The beginning of our story:
[Part 1: Background] [Part 2: The Diagnosis] [Part 3: Blessings]
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Bed rest, Ana's birth at 24 weeks, 4-month NICU stay, and NICU graduation:
January 2015:
Welcome | "Borrow You" | Pessary Day | Thoughts at 23 Weeks | A Happy Milestone | Not the Best News | Viability Day | Contractions | Water Broke | Our Heart is in the NICU: Ana's Birth Story and Week 24 | Good News at "25 Weeks"
February 2015:
One Foot in Front of the Other | Quick Update | That Moment | "26 Weeks" | Another First at 13 Days Old | 15 Days Old | The Down-Swing of the Roller Coaster | In My Daughter's Eyes | 28 Weeks (Ish) | Groovy Kind of Love - Our Normal | 4 Weeks Old, as of 12:17 AM | But Wow, This Roller Coaster Sure Has the Highest of Highs
March 2015:
Not My First | 6 Weeks Old Today | It Never Gets Easier | Family on the Move | A Few Little Stories - And Big News! | 31 Weeks: The Cannula Milestone
April 2015:
I Will Rise | Chronicles of a Grower-Feeder & Her Mama
May 2015:
NICU Endgame
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Post-NICU-life updates:
July 2015: Home Is Where the Heart Is
August 2015: [First Laughs] [200 Days Old] [Sweet Moments]
September 2015: Sweet Moments Part 2
January 2016: Clank is 1 Year Old
March 2016: Octopus Socks
February 2017: Two Years Old!
November 2018: Memory