Ronan was born on Friday 17th March 2006 at 12.49am via a natural birth at 27 weeks gestation.

I started to feel pain when i left work at 5.00pm on Thursday and thought it was just him moving around. After coming home and having some dinner i realised the pain was not going away. After a few hours of pain, they were getting more severe as the night progressed. After looking for the midwifes phone number i felt a "gush" and noticed blood so we called an ambulance.

I was rushed to the hospital and checked out by the doctors and was advised that i wouldn't have him until tomorrow! After a short while at the hospital i was already 6cms dialated so it was going to be sooner than expected. Within a 3hr period of being at the hospital i had given birth to our son, Ronan due to PPROM (Preterm premature rumpture of membranes) & spontanious labour.

He spent 110 days in hospital due to Chronic Lung Disease which saw him on oxygen for 3 months, PDA & a hernia in his testies which was operated on 1 week before discharge.

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