Bloggers Unite ~ Fight For Preemies
November 17, 2009 by CraftyMama
Filed under Life in the Crafty Shack
543,000 babies in the US each year are born premature
that’s 12.8% of the total babies born
25% of these births are due to early induction or c section due to pregnancy complications or health problems in the mother or fetus. In these cases early delivery is probably the safest thing for mother and child
These are just a few statistics from the March of Dimes, I’m not a big number person but let me give you a few numbers of my own.
Annie was born 43 days early ~Her early birth was necessary to save her mother’s life as well as her own.
She lived 73 days
She’s been gone 78 days
That’s 5 days longer than she lived
That not right. We need to fight, we need save babies like Annie.
My heart breaks every day for Annie and for her mother (my cousin) her father, her 2 older brothers, her Mema (my aunt) and everyone else in my family who welcomed Annie into this world with hearts full of love, hope, and dreams of the future.
I have been forever changed by Annie, not a day goes by that I don’t think of her and hold my kids a little tighter, a little closer.
I blog today for you Annie because I love you and because we all need to fight to stop unnecessary premature birth. To find out how you can help visit the March of Dimes website and join the fight. Do it today. Every person, every day can make a difference.
Want to join Bloggers Unite and post about a baby you love? Click here to register
~Kim
So heartbreaking! Poor Annie. Your post was beautiful.
so sad my family has lost young loves as well
I fight for babies like ANNIE…. I fight for my preemie
We fight daily for miracles so they don’t have to…
Everytime I read a story of a lost little one, I get weepy. I think it is important to tell all our preemies stories, the happy ones and the sad ones. She was such a beauty. Thank you so much for sharing her with us. It is time for us to Fight for Preemies. Together we can make a difference.
Kim
Everytime I read your blog, you make me cry. Annie was our preemie and thought she was going to be here forever, and she was taken from us. Maddie who would have been 2 a couple of days ago is gone also. I told Heather and Mike that they are up there playing together and watching over us. I miss her so much. Thank all of you for all your thoughts and prayers. Lets all make a difference.