I had my daughter by emergency c-section on January 22, 2009. She wasn't growing properly and my blood pressure spiked out of control, luckily on a day I had a doctor's appointment. They originally wanted to put me on bed rest for a week and deliver at 34 weeks but it wasn't safe to wait, so I had her the next day. It was very scary.

The good news is, we're both fine. She was tiny, tiny, tiny- 2 pounds 15 ounces. I was on serious medication for a few days in the hospital and still on one med for now to control my blood pressure. She's still in the NICU, but doing really well.

However, Eleanor is doing fantastic. She's up to 3 pounds 9 ounces and taking most of her food by bottle. She was off oxygen and the IVs within a week. She's just amazing. We hope to get to take her home soon.

So all in all, we consider ourselves very lucky.