The long wait is almost over for New York mom Ruth Miller and her husband Sean, with the first-time parents set to welcome home their baby boy Abraham in the next few weeks. Waiting is nothing new for the New York couple, who endured 12 years of heartbreak and six miscarriages before welcoming their newborn son on January 2.
Miller's miracle baby weighed just 17 ounces when he arrived at NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island. Four months after the birth, the couple cannot wait to bring their growing son home to celebrate the rest of the year's holidays with their little boy.
When talking to the New York Daily News about baby Abraham, Miller was emotional, saying, "It literally feels like a blur at times, you know? But it was a long process, oh my gosh." Since his birth, Abraham has grown a lot, now weighing over 10 pounds.
Long wait for baby Abraham worth it for the Long Island couple
The long-awaited baby recently posed for Easter pictures with an oversized hat on his head and an egg in his tiny hand. Abraham's grandmother stopped by last week to feed him breakfast, with Miller remaining amazed by the whole process.
Miller talked about his son's first get-together with his grandma, saying he knew who she was even though he had never met her before. All the good things happening to the couple with Abraham's arrival were preceded by a long and difficult struggle for Ruth and her 38-year-old husband, Sean. They had difficulty getting pregnant, a problem that was resolved by a team that was assembled at the hospital.
Ruth and Sean had trouble conceiving naturally before turning to medical methods to get pregnant, with Miller suffering multiple miscarriages. News 12 Long Island reported that Ruth became pregnant with twins in 2015, only for Ruth to lose both of them at four months.
Ruth believed that was her final chance to have a kid. The daughter of a minister focused on following her dad's path of service to the community. She worked as a mental health case manager while convinced that her dream of becoming a mother was over.
2020 state law gives Millers one last shot at parenthood
An unexpected bit of good luck happened to Miller, though. A state law in 2020 required all companies with more than 1,000 employees to offer in vitro fertilization. With that unexpected offer, Ruth and Sean decided to take one last shot at parenthood.
Ruth went into labor 25 weeks after becoming pregnant from one of her embryos, with the couple's baby boy emerging just two days into the new year via C-section. According to Mayo Clinic, C-section is a surgical procedure used to deliver a baby through incisions in the uterus and abdomen.
After their long wait for a child, baby Abraham was delivered in just 90 minutes before starting his lengthy stay in the hospital. According to neonatologist Dr. Caterina Tiozzo, who helped with Abraham's birth, the mother did a terrific job, and the boy actually turned out to be very good. Proud dad Sean said that the doctors had to take it day by day with Abraham as he was really sick.
Thankfully, the newborn proved up to every challenge thrown his way, adding precious pounds as he was weaned off the machines that were initially needed to help him breathe.
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