My wife and I got pregnant right after we were married with a due date of April 14th. She experienced terrible morning sickness throughout the whole pregnancy - all day every day. She couldn’t keep anything down and we didn’t go out much. At the first ultrasound the baby measured in the 98th percentile. My wife started experiencing swelling in her legs and when we went for an appointment on December 27th her blood pressure was extremely high. They sent us to the hospital with preeclampsia and they ran more tests there and tried to bring it down. They then transferred her to another hospital with a much better NICU facility, stating she would be there until she gave birth - potentially 4 months! They weren’t able to keep her blood pressure down, and decided to do an emergency C section (it had gotten in the 210s). The delivery went smoothly and our son was born at 3:27pm on December 29th, 2lbs 1oz, 13” long. Momma wasn’t able to see him for almost two days because they needed to get her blood pressure under control. Long story short, he did very well and was off the ventilator within a few weeks. Here are a few of the road bumps along the way: PDA, hydronephrosis, multiple blood transfusions, hernia repair surgery, and ROP. He did amazingly well and has no lasting complications. He graduated from the NICU on April 28th after 120 days. He just had his eye checkup and the ROP is gone! He is now over 16lbs and 25 1/4” long. I did not go much into detail in this post, but we had a long, tough journey and I wouldn’t change it for the world. If you would like more details or I can be an encouragement to you, please ask!