One year ago you entered our lives and with your debut, brought so much love, joy, compassion and a deeper understanding of God’s grace and mercy.
I didn’t have an incredibly long or difficult labor, but you did display a few heart rate decelerations on the fetal monitor, so my doctor came in to monitor us. While in there, your HR remained steady during all contractions and since I had progressed so quickly, he decided to break my water to speed up our labor even more. Because you had the dips, he wanted to you be born as soon as possible to ensure your safe delivery. When he broke my water, the contractions became much stronger and closer together so I was not aware that your HR dropped off the map, so to say. You were born at 2:22pm and I was asleep. I didn’t get to welcome your beautiful face into this world or hold you or feed you but God knew His plans for us. If I had been aware or awake, I would’ve been a wreck, instead I was able to slowly gather information as it took awhile to come out of my aesthetic haze.
You were two days old when I held you the first time and four days old when I fed you the first time. And boy were you worth that wait! I cannot convey in words how special these moments were! God sometimes uses seasons of pain, distress or difficulty to draw us closer to Him and this has certainly been the case with your short baby life, particularly your birth and 10 days in the NICU. Your birth day is one I won’t soon forget and I know God has big plans for you.
I love you with all that I have sweet Maggie Ann and am so grateful for you. My precious baby girl, you have such a sweet disposition and fun personality. Your smile and laugh light up a room! And what you may lack in physical capabilities, you make up with intelligence- we can’t get anything by you! I'm so thankful God gave you a place in this world and in my life. I am honored God picked me to be your mother. And we are all very happy that you made it on this day one year ago and you are here with us to celebrate your sweet life one year later. We love you so much!!!! Happy 1st birthday Maggie!
Love,
Mommy
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