Emilia's 100th day (in corrected age) is fast approaching. Actually I feel weird labelling it the 100th day. The 100th day since what? The day she was "supposed be" born? Nonetheless I am not going to just let it pass as we didn't get to have a proper celebration for Emilia's actual 100th day.
Emilia's bithday is May 31 but just like other moms of preemies, I am also wondering whether I should throw the 1st birthday party on her actual birthday or her "supposed" birthday, which is the due date. I hear a lot of preemie parents have a mixed feeling about their baby's 1st b-day...and me too. It's going to be a happy day because Emilia will have made through all the tough time and grown up to be just like other babies but it marks the day I failed her, it's the day she was NOT supposed to be born, it's the day I cried so much and it's the day she was resuscitated and sent to NICU. Besides she will be only 9 months corrected and won't act like other 1 year old birthday girls. But celebrating my due date doesn't feel right either. That due date is meaningless to us except in calculating her corrected age. Should we celebrate the date she came home with us...? Maybe. To my family, that's more like the day she was born. I know her birthday is still half a year away so I still have plenty of time to decide.
Emilia was born on May 31, 2011, at 25 weeks and 5 days in gestational age. She came home on October 21, 2011 after spending 143 days in the hospital. Today she's a thriving, happy baby who continues to amaze us every single day. This blog records the journey of our miracle baby.
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