05/28/2026
LOOK. AT. HER. 😭
My severe IUGR, 1 pound, 27-week baby is:
* 89th percentile for weight
* basically average height
* SATURATING 99%
* and growing so well she’s practically out here proving statistics wrong daily
Do yall understand how incredible that is?!
There was a time when doctors were talking about:
* survival,
* growth restriction,
* developmental concerns,
* lung disease,
* whether she’d tolerate feeds,
* whether she’d gain weight…
And now?
Miss girl is built like she has NEVER missed a meal in her LIFE 😂🤍
The fact that she’s nearly 22 pounds after starting life at ONE POUND is honestly mind blowing. That is not small progress. That is a complete transformation.
And the height chart gets me too because she’s not just gaining weight from medical support, she’s TRULY growing.
Also:
“Percentiles based on gestational age”
That line matters.
Because they’re accounting for her prematurity and she’s STILL doing this well.
I have to stop and really let myself feel proud for a second. Because babies like Elaina do not get here by accident. She got here because:
* she fought,
* medicine helped,
* and we showed up every single day through fear, exhaustion, trauma, alarms, setbacks, hospitals, therapies, suctioning, sleepless nights, and panic.
This chart is medical data, yes.
But it’s also proof of love. 💕
