{"id":321428,"date":"2024-11-10T07:34:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T13:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=321428"},"modified":"2024-12-02T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T21:25:17","slug":"micro-preemie-girl-outlives-doctors-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/micro-preemie-girl-outlives-doctors-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro-preemie girl outlives doctors\u2019 predictions, dresses up as Princess Belle in NICU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hospital staff and a prenatal specialist didn\u2019t think Kaitlynn and Bailey Miesner\u2019s micro-preemie baby girl would survive when she was born in March, but little baby Harlow continues to improve. She recently dressed up as Belle from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beauty and the Beast \u2014 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wearing clothes made for Build-A-Bear toys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harlow\u2019s parents have an active following on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kaitlynnkarmstrongg\/photo\/7430567294973087019?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TikTok,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where they have thanked God for saving their daughter\u2019s life, and continue to share moments from their difficult but joy-filled days with their preemie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I wanted to put something out because it was hard for me, hearing everyone say she wasn&#8217;t going to make it. We wanted to show people that like just because science says babies aren&#8217;t viable doesn&#8217;t mean that they aren&#8217;t and we got to witness that firsthand,&#8221; Kaitlynn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/couple-celebrates-halloween-with-toy-costume-for-micropreemie-daughter-exclusive-8739582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PEOPLE Magazine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As reported by PEOPLE, the Miesners were excitedly anticipating their daughter\u2019s arrival as first time parents when doctors noticed that Harlow had stopped growing normally at 19-weeks gestation. At that time, she was the size of a 17-week preborn baby.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaitlynn told PEOPLE that when Harlow was measuring only 20-weeks gestation size at the 24-week mark, medical staff airlifted Kaitlynn to another hospital for early delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After two days in the hospital, the parents received sobering news \u2014 Harlow had umbilical cord \u201cabsent flow,\u201d and wasn\u2019t receiving all the nutrients she needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;They told us then that she was only about 330 grams [and] that the baby wasn&#8217;t viable at that size,&#8221; Kaitlynn said. A specialist who performed an amniocentesis on Kaitlynn also told the couple the baby was not likely to survive. But the parents kept hoping and believing in their daughter\u2019s ability to live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou don\u2019t want to not give her a chance,\u201d Bailey said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abortion-media-anecdotes-facts-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>When the pro-abortion narrative just doesn\u2019t match the facts<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baby Harlow was born at 26 weeks gestation, measuring the size of a baby at 22 weeks gestation \u2014 which is just over the threshold of viability. Harlow was born weighing just 14.5 oz and was delivered via emergency C-section due to her dropping heart rate. According to Kaitlynn and PEOPLE, Harlow\u2019s lungs were \u201cthe size of almonds\u201d when she was born, and she is still battling chronic lung disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaitlynn and Bailey told PEOPLE that it can be difficult to be separated from their preemie daughter, who is still at the hospital, and to endure the hardship of their baby\u2019s recovery journey, especially when friends and family are having different pregnancy and birth experiences. But Kaitlynn and Bailey are able to support each other and share activities with their daughter \u2014 including dressing her up for Halloween in the NICU. The parents documented their trip to Build-A-Bear, where they found the only clothes that would fit Harlow at seven months of age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bailey praised his wife\u2019s idea of dressing up Harlow, her positive attitude, and the hospital staff who help the parents make memories with their tiny daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It was Kaitlynn&#8217;s idea. She always has great ideas like that, being positive. We always do fun things with [Harlow] and the staff there makes it easy for us,&#8221; Bailey told PEOPLE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The couple said that they feel \u201clucky\u201d that their preemie daughter is thriving against all odds, and that it is \u201camazing\u201d for them to watch their little one grow. Kaitlynn and Bailey anticipate taking Harlow home for Christmas, or even Thanksgiving, but in the meantime they continue to share their story on social media to encourage other parents in similar situations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We share as much as we can to share her story for people who are going through something similar. And also for Harlow. She&#8217;s fought hard and I think it&#8217;s right to share that, for all the other babies fighting. We know we&#8217;re a rare case, but it happens,\u201d Bailey said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/pardon-face-act-prisoners-petition\/\"><b><i>Call on President Trump to pardon the FACE Act prisoners on his first day in office.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hospital staff and a prenatal specialist didn\u2019t think Kaitlynn and Bailey Miesner\u2019s micro-preemie baby girl would survive when she was born in March, but little baby Harlow continues to improve. She recently dressed up as Belle from Beauty and the Beast \u2014 wearing clothes made for Build-A-Bear toys.\u00a0 Harlow\u2019s parents have an active following on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":867,"featured_media":321432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9455,3473],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Micro-preemie girl outlives doctors\u2019 predictions, dresses up as Princess Belle in NICU<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hospital staff didn\u2019t think Kaitlynn and Bailey Miesner\u2019s micro-preemie baby girl would survive, but baby Harlow continues to improve.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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