I'm scared to say it went well again but it did. We had one hiccup and that was Austin's apnea event while drinking his bottle. I arrived to find them in the cutest fleece sweatsuits (thanks Mimi!! ;)) ..I did the non-nutritive breast feeding with them and then held them at the same time skin to skin.. We all three fell asleep. It was wonderful!!
I was able to do their bottle feeds and Grace has now been graded " advanced feeder " - woo hoo! She can suck, swallow and breathe at the same time.. Which is more like a 37 weeker! What a little rock star!!! Austin did well too but not as well.. We think he got tired but he was only able to get down 17 of the 47 ml in his 2 pm feeding. We will see how he does tomorrow but the OT is still advancing them both to two bottles per shift. I will meet with the lactation team and do my first nutritive feed.. Yay!!! It's all contingent on their progress tonight and tomorrow though.. Hoping and praying!!
Updates. ( we just called )
Grace
She weighs 5lbs 1.7 oz! She took 40 ml in 12 minutes, little piggy!
Austin
He weighs a hefty 5 lbs 7.5 oz. and drank his bottle in 20 minutes.. So glad he is doing better.
More later.. Much love,
Erica and Tom
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