April 26, 2003

A Little Early

I am a Great Aunt again. Unfortunately, it's a little early. My niece had her first baby this morning. It was born at 6 months. She started to feel contractions, so she went to the hospital. They gave her some kind of I.V. drip that made the contractions go away. She had started to dilate also. The I.V. drip started to work, though. The contractions stopped. And, she stopped dilating. But, the amniotic fluid sac, (I hope I'm saying this right), had started to come out. And, it is so delicate, that they cannot just push it back in without risking it tearing. So, they had her deliver the baby. It was a healthy baby girl named Berlin Marie Johnson. She will be in the NCU at Balboa Naval Hospital for one month. I didn't get the details on the length and weight. I will update on that later.

Posted by Valkyre at April 26, 2003 03:16 PM
Comments

Good luck to your niece and congratulations, 6 months is an early delivery.

Me, I"m just getting bigger and bigger :(

Posted by: Lynne at April 27, 2003 08:56 AM

It seems strange, I had just gotten the invitation to her baby shower for next month (May)!

Posted by: Wendy at April 27, 2003 04:41 PM