Baby Freya has been dubbed�the “happiest baby in the world” after her mum shared a photo of her smiling a few days after she was born.
Baby Freya, who weighed just 1.7kg, when she was born on Thanksgiving Day in 2014 at 34 weeks, was only five days old when�mum Lauren Vinje took her photo.
Ms Vinje told�ABC News:
“I was talking to her and I had said ‘should we send a picture to Daddy?’ and right when I was about to take the picture, she had this huge smile.
“It was a picture that I had always wanted to get out for people to see because of how it touched me [in] the way that it did.”
Ms Vinje hopes her daughter’s photo will inspire other parents with premature babies as she shared her journey with Freya. She said that she�did not have any easy�pregnancy, and at 28 weeks, she began showing signs of�pre-eclampsia.
On November 25, she was told by her�doctor that�the baby’s heart rate was dropping and two days later, Freya was born�via emergency C-section. She remained in�a Minnesota�neonatal intensive care unit until December 21.
Ms Vinje said that her�birth experience has prompted�her to reach out to other parents of babies born premature and created her blog, Birth Without Fear�where she shared the snap that has captivated the world.
The photo has also been shared by Love What Matters Facebook page and�has received more than 318,000 likes. Along with the photo is a caption that reads:�”Our first daughter at five days old. 3 lbs. 14 oz., she was happy to be alive! This picture was one I looked at often to get me through the ups and downs of our NICU days. Life is so precious.”
Now, almost two years later, Freya,�who will�celebrate her second birthday next month, is happy and healthy.
“Honestly, she is the best thing that has happened to us,” Ms Vinje said.
Sources:�Essentialbaby.com.au�and�Kidspot.com.au
Stay at home doggy mom. I’m a cancer. I have 2 19 week old rottweiler puppies. They are so affectionate…