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Joshua Thomas Landrith Sex: boy Born: 14 December, 2007 Age: 0 years & 155 days Birthday in: 210 days Starsign: Sagittarius Biggest achievement so far: -

Birth details

Type of delivery: Cesarean section
Duration of labor:
Weight @ birth: 3 lbs. 14 ounces
Length @ birth: 17 inches

Joshua-Thomas-Landrith`s birthstory

I had a very hard pregnancy.I was in L&D for preterm labor 5x.They tried to stop it several other times and from the 21st week I was sent home with meds to try to stall my labor.In my pregnancy,I suffered pain from several large uterine fibroids.This added to the complications of my pregnancy.The baby was confined to certain parts of my uterus causing him to not grow well(inner uterine growth restriction).My amniotic fluid was also very low,at times dangerously low,for a period of about two months.The fibroids robbed precious blood supply fom the placenta,causing it to malform and eventually fail.My baby didn`t grow the last week of my pregnancy.The fibroids also pressed against the head and legs of my baby causing them to be confined .The head appeared misshappened for many months giving the appearance of a rare birth deffect.This syndrome would cause death if the diagnosis was correct.We went to several specialists and the news just got grimmer.One specialist in L.A told us that it was not a fatal birth deffect.There was a possibility that he would be a dwarf.As the last month in my pregnancy progressed,the baby appeared to heal himself of all defects.I was told prior that he would have heart defects,would require several surgeries on his head,would have severely short arms and legs,(his was less than the 2nd%),a slight club-foot, possibly would be stillborn,possible mental,hearing and sight problems,early on would surely misscarry,lungs would not develop,bones would be fragile and then he`d have an 80% chance of dying.He continued to amaze everyone u/s after u/s.They said that he should be getting worse,not better.Even my amniotic fluid went up in the last 3-4 weeks.My fibroids continued to also get smaller,even though they were still quite large.On Dec.3rd Baby Joshua appeared to not be moving around as much.She was a little concerned and told me to keep a log of all movements.On Dec.12 they ordered an u/s 2x a week followed by a non-stress test.On Dec.14. they had done the non-stress test and he had a heartbeat,but no movements.They rushed my to u/s where they did a bio-physical profile on him to determine on how he was doing.He failed both tests and they rushed me back into the docter`s office.She explained the results and said that Baby Joshua hadn`t grown since my u/s on the 2nd of Dec.His movements didn`t look good either.She said she would have to do a c-section within the next 2 hours,this was at 5:00 PM.They rushed me up to The Birthing Center and prepped me for surgery.They started an I.V and antibiotics,shaved me,did all the bloodwork and finally I was signing all the required paperwork.They monitered his heartrate and he was doing o.k exept for a few times where his heartrate was lowered.He still continued to have no movements.They took me into the O.R and delivered him at 6:34 PM.His first APGAR score was only a one!He was not breathing and was blue in color.He just needed to be moved around a little and they gave him a few breathes of air.His second Apgar score was a six.He began breathing on his own and his color looked very good.Within the first 15 minutes he was in very good condition.They showed me a picture of him and I thought they had the wrong baby!After months of being terrified of the out come,out came a beautiful baby boy!!He appears to be healthy and his head looks normal with only small bumps here and there.His legs are a little small,but they don`t see any problems at this time.His arms and hands look great!His lungs are matured and the x-rays don`t show any fragile bones or closed sutures in his head.They will continue to run tests.He was born at 33 weeks 1 day and was examined to be a gestation of 32 weeks.He weighed 3 lbs 14 ounces and was 17 inches long.The docters can say that there was medical reasons of why he had problems and he somehow corrected them....I SEE IT NO MORE THEN A MIRACLE!!!Three prayer quilts,the church and many on the I-am- pregnant site members.I thank you all for your support and many prayers!Continue to pray for a fast stay in the NICU for my little Baby Joshua!!

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