Child's Birth Year
2017

State/Province/Territory
Illinois

NICU Hospital for my journey
HSHS St. John's Hospital

My NICU Graduate's Journey
Harper was our miracle baby born at 30 weeks via emergency c-section. Sweet girl weighed 3lbs 14oz when she was born and was 16 inches long. Harper was in the NICU for 36 days. Harper will be 8 this year and she loves being a big sister, and an all star Cheerleader. She also has 2 big brothers and 2 big sisters. Besides being so petite, you'd never know she was a preemie!

What makes you proud of you NICU graduate?
How hard these babies fight when they are in the NICU and the obstacles that they overcome. I have a journal of every milestone we reached while we were in the NICU and Harper was once called "Super Baby" by her neonatologist for how well she was doing.

Weight at Birth (lbs. or Grams)
3 lbs 14 oz

Weeks Gestation
30 Weeks

Time spent in the NICU (Specify Number of Days, Months, or Years)
36 Days