Emma is a Big Girl Now!

Emma finally broke through the three pound barrier today and weighs in at 3 lbs, 1 oz (1364 grams). She has officially doubled her birthweight! She now measures just shy of 40 cm (15.5 inches) long and has grown almost 10 cm in the past 10 weeks.

Her nurse said today that Emma will likely remain in her isolette for at least a few more days. She's had a couple of spells since her transfer to the Civic and her oxygen sats. have been all over the place. Until the staff at the SCN get to know her better, they'd prefer her to remain in the warm confines of her incubator (Emma is dressed only in a diaper in the isolette, so it is easier for the nurses to see her chest/count her respirations and monitor her skin tone/colouring). We're able to hold her and take her out for her feeds (still through the NG tube) several times a day, but it will be nice when she is officially stable enough to give up the incubator for good.