I was having a very normal first pregnancy. At 36 weeks, I began to experience swelling in my feet and my blood pressure was elevated. I was told i would be more closely monitored until delivery and would have weekly non-stress tests. At my 37 week routing appointment, my blood pressure was 170/90 and I was immediately sent to labor and delivery where I was officially diagnosed with preeclampsia. My induction started at 1:00pm and my son was born eight hours later. He was not breathing after he was delivered and his Apgar scores were extremely low. After he was resuscitated in the delivery room, my husband and I were able to take a few pictures holding him, and then he was brought to the NICU. I was immediately started on magnesium to prevent seizures for the next 24 hours. It was determined he was without oxygen for a period of time and would have to be in the NICU for at least a week for the cooling protocol to prevent any swelling to the brain that may have occurred. The hospital I delivered at did not have this protocol available in their NICU. Four hours after delivery my son and I were transported in separate ambulances to an area hospital with a level 3 NICU, and larger maternity floor where we could both receive the treatment we needed. I could not go see my son in the NICU without one of my nurses accompanying me due to the strength of the magnesium. We would finally be able to hold our son again four days after he was born. It was incredibly difficult to leave the hospital each day without being able to bring him home. Thankfully our son was able to get stronger and was able to come home with us after eight days. It was not the experience we were expecting being first time parents, but I tell my story to spread awareness and help others.