Codie Mark Williams
Born 27 weeks premature weighing 2lb3oz
I met my partner Mark Williams who completely swept me of my feet, it was love at first sight, 3 weeks into our relationship I fell pregnant, which was an accident, all ready been through an abortion at 17 couldn't go through it again, I knew this baby was a blessing.
After time my partner accepted my choice and has stood by me all the way.
Codie's birth date was 27/02/06. On the 29th of October, 2005 I was having these nagging cramps, everyone told me they were normal just growing pains. On the 2nd of December while working a twelve hour shift I was having these pains stronger and every ten minutes. Being the strong minded type just accepted them to be growing pains and carried on through out the shift and throughout the night in terrible pain.
In the morning I lost blood, went with my mum to the hospital and the doctor examined me and said I was two cms dilated, said that if I had came earlier we could of stopped it. The doctor said, "you have to be sent to Singleton Hospital because this baby is too prem for them to deal with.
I was scared, anxious and guilty blaming myself, thinking I was less of a woman, because I had no particular reason why he was coming early. By the time I was just starting to show he was coming and there was nothing I could do about it.
In Singleton the specialised doctor said that Codie was not coming and could go full term.
But 3rd of December at 10.08 I gave birth to a beautiful little boy weighing 2lb3oz.
He is still in hospital now. These past six weeks have been the most stressful ever, he was on ventilation for a week, full of drips, jaundice about 5 times, hernias, a bleed in the left ventricle of his brain and they said it should clear but 4 weeks it got bigger but it is now resolving on its own.
But he is a fighter and they want to be born to survive and he is now going on 34 weeks and is on 40mils of food, and is now 3lb 14ozs.
To all those mums out there is to be patient and accept there will be set backs but your baby has come out to live and will get stronger, and they are in the hands of miracle workers, and I love everyone that has helped Codie grow and survive; stay strong and never give up hope.
If anyone wants to talk, you can contact me by e-mail.