Another major milestone
Emma is now a Really Big Girl, breaking through the 4 pound barrier. In fact, this evening, she weighed in at 4 lbs., 2 oz having gained over 2 ounces since last night!
After needing more oxygen over the past several days, Emma did really well during her feeds today. We didn't need to increase her O2 at all (she cruised along at about .05 litres/min.) and she didn't have a single significant desaturation all day!!!
In other exciting news, Emma was able to breastfeed like a champ for more than 15 minutes today without having any breathing problems (a major achievement for a micropreemie). She was getting pretty tired, so we stopped and offered her a bottle of EBM, not thinking she'd take much more milk. Well, she hoovered down 15 ml and was looking for more, so we gave her another 10 ml. I can't tell you how exciting/encouraging this accomplishment was, but I was thrilled. Emma definitely made progress today! :)
After needing more oxygen over the past several days, Emma did really well during her feeds today. We didn't need to increase her O2 at all (she cruised along at about .05 litres/min.) and she didn't have a single significant desaturation all day!!!
In other exciting news, Emma was able to breastfeed like a champ for more than 15 minutes today without having any breathing problems (a major achievement for a micropreemie). She was getting pretty tired, so we stopped and offered her a bottle of EBM, not thinking she'd take much more milk. Well, she hoovered down 15 ml and was looking for more, so we gave her another 10 ml. I can't tell you how exciting/encouraging this accomplishment was, but I was thrilled. Emma definitely made progress today! :)
posted by Laurie at 23:08
2 Comments:
This is such great news. Pretty soon she will need nothing but T.L.C. We can't wait for her to be home to her very loving and caring mum,dad and big sister.
We love you.....
Keep on hoovering! Love to hear these feeding stories.
Hugs
Sharon
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