25-6-10 Our precious baby girl has made a very early arrival

What a surprise! Yesterday our tiny baby girl decided to make a very early & spectacular entrance to the world. DP, DS and I are pleased to announce the arrival of

Heidi Grace
25-6-10 1:27am
25 weeks + 6 days ~ 730grams ~ 34cm long

After experiencing some cramping which didn't go away, we were advised to come into hospital to have it all checked out. On arrival we discovered I had fully dilated in under 3 hours and our baby was going to be with us soon. I will write a birth story over the next few days, but needless to say it was all very fast & furious. In the end, a drug-free vaginal birth with her out in a couple of almighty pushes, which is probably what saved her life.

For such a premature gestation she is doing remarkably well. Obvisouly in NICU with a very long journey ahead of her, but she is already doing most of her breathing on her own and is definitely a little fighter with attitude.

She is just beautiful and we are stunned to have her with us so soon. We're very optimistic but at the same time preparing for some hurdles in the months ahead.

For those of you that are friends on FB, please keep our news quiet. We haven't widely announced her arrival just yet.

WOW that is early
I have my fingers crossed foe an uncomplicated stay in hospital and an early discharge

Congratulations on the arrival of your gorgeous little girl Heidi!!! :cheer: Like Alan said, WOW that is early!! She must be a fighter..... I hope her stay in hospital will be fast so she can be home with her family as soon as possible. I wish Heidi strength and wonderful health so she can be home very soon. :)

Your little girl really couldn't wait to meet you could she!!

OMGoodness that is early!! Wow what an amazing, fast and furious birth (you got your VBAC long before you expected to!).
Great news that she is doing so well.
Congratulations on the birth of your princess, wishing her a swift journey through NICU and back home to you all.
Welcome Heidi!! I guess you couldn't wait to see what all the fuss was about!

How amazing! Sending love to you and your family! Hope your premmie princess has a speedy NICU stay xx

Congratulations i wish her and u all the best

Congratulations!!! :hug:

Welcome Heidi, although early, clearly you are determined ;)

My niece was born at 24 weeks and did amazingly well with no ongoing issues at all, so I hope you and Heidi will have a similar journey, all the best for the days ahead and a speedy discharge for your little fighter
xox

WOW! Congratulations on the birth of your little girl Heidi.

Congratulations on your VBAC too! I hope you are recovering well and that precious Heidi goes from strength to strength in the coming weeks.

congratulations on your DD's very early arrival. i hope you have a complication free journey to bringing her home

Wow congratulations.

I hope you have a straight forward nicu stay!

Congratulations on the arrival of your little girl!!!

That is an amazing story and it's great that you were in hospital in time for her birth.

Good luck on the road ahead, sounds like an incredibly positive start.

welcome to the world Heidi Grace!! obviously she's a bit nosey and just wanted to meet her family!
congrats and well done!

Oh wow Infinity! Many congratulations and positive and healthy thoughts for your little fighter princess.
:hug:

Woah, congratulations! Welcome little Heidi, I'm looking forward to hearing about you getting stronger and can't wait til you're back home with mummy and daddy where you belong :heartbeat:

ETA - Infinity, there's a facebook group dedicated to another little premmie (he was born at 23w5d and is going strong 13 weeks later) you might want to look at - Kian the fighting tiger - I know when things like this happen it's nice to connect with similar stories :) All the best, and remember we're here when you need us :hug:

Oh my yes - What a suprise!

Congratulations on the Birth of Heidi!

Sending much love and positive, healthy vibes to you all!

Oh and BTW - Congrats on the VBAC!
x

Congratulations Infinity. Wow what a quick and unexpected journey.
Grow nice and strong little Heidi.

Congratulations on the arrival of tiny Heidi Grace! I wish you a short stay in NICU and I hope your journey is a smooth one.:D

Congrats on the arrival of your little princess. Hope things go as soothly as possible for you all, and that she is home with you asap. xo