Introducing Amelia Grace (now I promise to stop hi-jacking Marleysgirl's thread!!

[Foogirl]

I think I am going to find the breast feeding specialist as useful as you did! The nurses have already given lots of advice and checked our positioning etc, I am not sure what there is left to be said, but it was out of desperation that I requested a meeting today, I guess it's worth a try!!

Abby really didn't crack breastfeeding until the week before she came home. Once she had the tube out, she gave it a better go at it.

Are you using a shield?

 

[premmiemum123]

Great to hear Amelia is doing so well...fingers crossed she decides she doesn't need oxygen...you can't tell what they are going to do next, they surprise you everyday, even when they are home, everyday is different.

Good luck, look forward to reading your next posting...x

 

[bumpsmum]

glad Amelia is coming on so well, nearly 4lb already she'll soon have those gorgeous chubby cheeky and legs xx

 

[grumpymoo]

Just been having a BNB catch up properly at last!

How is Millie getting on these last few days?

I am so glad she is nearing the 4lb mark, you must be so so pleased! That and starting to get some baby fat on those legs. Rose had the old sparrow legs and when they started to get fat I was so thrilled, even now I am. Cant stop squeezing them. Poor baby
Anyway I really hope Millie is doing ok, she is certainly getting closer and closer to coming home with you. How exciting!

 

[sherryberry79]

Hahaha I can't wait to squeeze Millie's chubby legs too!! She is doing well, she does ten hours off the C-pap then 2 hours on, Once they can wean her off completely they will begin to think about shipping her into the next room, the nursery. V.excited about that prospect! She had a bath last week, her first bath at three and a half months old......I hope she is not starting as she means to carry on as we will have one hell of a stinky teenager on our hands!!
She hated her bath, and screamed from start to finish, when she goes to the nursery I will be able to bath her much more regularly.

She now weighs 4lb 5oz, the doctors really feel though that the quicker she grows the quicker she will improve her breathing side of things. For a while now she has been on 50% EBM and 50% pre-aptamil formula, as the doctor said there were more calories for her in the formula. They have now decided to change her to a formula that has even more calories, so in the next week or so we should see some good weight gains. Her o2 requirements have not changed, still 0.2, they have given me the bliss leaflet about coming home on 02 to start preparing me but we will cross that bridge when we come to it!

I have had a dodgy week emotionally, dangerously close to tears all the time, so it only takes a questionable comment from a snappy nurse or a baby who I know was only just admitted going home to set me off. The only way I can describe it is, imagine you have 5 levels of emotion from (1) totally chilled to (5)actually crying, most of us run day to day at about 2 and work our way up to 5 before we cry. Well these days I seem to run on a 4, it only takes something small to set me off. I even cry at the good news, they told me they feel her ROP is improving and that she may not need lazer surgery, I balled my eyes out. I'm sure they think I'm totally wacko!

 

[Marleysgirl]

I must say, the last couple of weeks I found incredibly emotional and had many a good cry at various frustrations. I think it's because the end is so close, yet not quite there.

Interesting that they've encouraged Millie onto formula, my docs/nurses have been very reluctant and I'm only feeding Andrew on NutriPrem2 because I'm not producing enough EBM.