There isn't enough room in here.....

Carrie Greninger - 01:22am Oct 14, 2004 EST

My name is Carrie and my boyfriend's name is Eric. We were excited to find out we were going to have a baby girl sometime in November. On Aug. 6th, I went to the doctor because I was concerned about alot of discharge coming out. When I got there, the nurse/midwife said it sounded like a bladder infection and she was going to do a pelvic exam just to make sure. That's when the bad news came. She was calling an ambulance to take me to Yale Hospital. I was barely 25 weeks pregnant and I was 5 centimeters dialated. When I got to the hospital, there were so many doctors coming in and out of my room telling me I was in labor. They gave me medication to try and stop the labor, but it didn't work. They gave me steroid shots to help mature her lunds and they said if she stayed in for 48 hours after the shots, she would have a better chance of survival. On Aug. 8th, at 4:45 pm, Trinity Nichole Winchester was born. She was 1lb. 11.8 oz and 13 in. long. They took her away so fast I didn't get a chance to see her. A few hours later, Eric and I got to see our baby. She was the tiniest thing we ever saw. She was so beautiful. The doctors and nurses said she was doing great, but I was so scared for her. Less than 24 hours later, they took her off the respirator. She was breathing all on her own. She was very active in the womb, but I couldn't beleive how much she wiggled around in her incubator. I guess there wasn't enough room inside me for her to move around so much. Just about a week later, the nurse called me and told me that her lungs collasped and they had to intabate her again. They said that she just got tired of breathing on her own and it was perfectly normal and it may happen a few time during her stay in the NBSCU. A few days later she got really sick. The doctor told me that she had an infection, but they weren't sure exactly where. They immedietly started antibiotics to try and stop the infection right away. Her kidneys had stopped working so all the fluids they were giving her made her very bloated. All she had to do was pee. On Aug.20th, I lost my sweet little girl. Her lungs filled up with fluid. My whole world ended that day. I couldn't believe this could happen. My mom told me about this website. I never knew the march of dimes was for premature babies, but I'm so glad I know now. I got my Trinity a virtual bracelet and it was great to see friends and family had donated in her memory. I hope this foundation can help these tiny little babies and their families so they don't have to suffer such a tragedy.