Illinois

Hi Julie!
Welcome to Share, and Congratulations on Jada! I'm glad you have found this site. It's a great resource. I hope you visit again, and update us on Jada and her progress. It sounds like this has been a long journey for you both. We're here for you!

Take care,
Karri

Hi,

My name is Katy. I am the mother of two premature, but very large, boys. My first was a 31.5 weeker who weighed 5lbs and my second was a 36 weeker who weighed a whopping 9lbs 3oz!!! Weight aside, each had their own issues. Obviously my first had MANY more issues than my second, but both are healthy, happy, little boys now!! Thank God!!!
Anyways, I am new here, but would really like to become involved!! Let me know how!!
By the way....any chance anyone delivered at Good Sam????

WOW YOU GROW THEM BIG!!!

WELCOME! So glad you found us here at Share.
Des

Hi, I'm Angela and I am the mother of a premature baby that passed away one week ago. He was born at 24 weeks and 2 days, he was 1lb 8oz. He stayed long enough to touch the lives of many, but now he is my angel watching down on my family and I.

I did not deliver at Good Sam, I was at Rush Copley.

I am so sorry for the loss of your precious son. I am glad you have come to Share to tell your story and find support. There are so many others here who have been in your shoes. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Desiree

Hi Angela, welcome to SHARE...I am so very sorry for the loss of your precious son, but I am glad that you have found share. This is a wonderful community with many wonderful people. There is so much comfort, compassion and support, an abundance of it here. I hope sharing your angel with us and knowing that you are not alone comforts you in some small way.

I am a mom to 2 heavenly angel girls Gabby and Abigail. They were born at 22 weeks and 19 weeks gestation, and too small to survive. They are greatly missed and I share your pain and your heartache. I have found that telling others our stories has somehow brought me some peace.
Know that as you continue to grieve your son he will always be with you. As you cradle him in your heart.
Keeping you in my prayers.
HUGS and healing thoughts,
Colleen

Hi my name is Kris. I have a sister who has lost 3 babes. I would love to help other women not go through this in anyway I can.Also just looking to meet new people that are passonite about birth and babes. Hope to talk with you all soon.
                                   Kris

I would also love to meet other NW burbs moms. I recently joined this website, and it seems great. I have a year old son who was a 32 weeker, he is doing great! Anybody else out there from our area?

We are! Unfortunately we are moving to Florida this week!

Hi!! I have a 9 month old who is doing great as well! Are there any other NW burbs mommies out there?

Hi
My daughter just turned 1 and recently started going to day care. I finally got a job! She is doin really good. the end of the summer is hard - daycare for my lil girl is coverd but finding stuff for my 7 year old to keep busy is hard - i cant wait until school starts! Hope everyone is having a great summer!
Take care
julie

I just moved from Schaumburg to Florida. I don't miss the midwest!!

Wow! There hasn't been a posting here since Aug. 17, 2007. Are there any Chicago (actual city) people out there? We are in the city. Moved here from LA on June 2007. --- Adriana

Hi all. I am a 38 year old mom of a 34 month old ball of energy named Lil Ricky (we named him Richard for my dad). He is an IUGR micro preemie 29 weeks 1 day, 1 lb 6 oz, and 11.8 inches at birth born at LGH and stayed in the LGH lvl 3 NICU. He has a lot of medical problems and developmental delays but is doing excellent despite his rough start and ongoing medical issues.

He is aging out of EI in January and starting the Illinois state preschool therapy. He will continue with OT and SP at home for an hour each week, the school PT and his leg orthotics should be enough per his EI PT. I am having some fears about my own separation anxiety as silly as that sounds! I waited 79 days to be his full time care giving mommy and the only time he was away from me since NICU discharge was during his surgeries and also when he was readmitted to the PICU for terrible apnea and brady spells.

I don't have any friends or family near by except a sister who works at Rush University in the city and ... she is very busy to say the least. So I am a lonely mom who would love to share stories and meet people now that Ricky is strong enough to fight off colds by himself.

Any other moms in the near north burbs who would like to chat? I just want to warn you though we have a bunch of adopted animals so no matter what I do I always have some animal fur on me... so if you are really allergic you may want to just chat from a distance!

Thanks!
Lil Ricky's Mommy

Hi
im 38 yrs old with a full term 8 year old son and my daughter is a 26 weeker born at lutheran general hospital. she is 28 months old. we live in skokie. jada is still working with d/t, speech & o/t thru early interventions. I dont have any pets lol but we live in a kind of small apartment.
julie