I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God.
-Deuteronomy 32:3-
Tuesday July 28th:
We have been so blessed with such wonderful nurses and doctors. I feel like family every time I walk through the NICU. I've even seen some of my maternity ward nurses and they remember my name! Even though this has been a difficult time for us, the medical staff has gone above and beyond to make this situation as easy as possible.
Today the girls had a pretty good day! They had their first back to back bottle feedings and did well with them! Kaylee was so tired during her second feed that she had to finish her meal with the nose tube. The nurses said they may take small steps back, like finishing with the tube, but they will continue to make huge leaps forward.
Amelia did give us a little scare today. She had a small apnea episode, after her feeding, which made her turn color. Thankfully the NICU staff is awesome and it only took a couple seconds for Amelia to wake up to breathe nicely and turn back to her beautiful pale pink self.
The doctor may increase their bottle feedings if they continue to do well! Since they are so little they need extra calories and "goodies" to fatten them up. Amelia will get two packages of milk fortifier and Kaylee will get one package of milk fortifier. Amelia is weighing 4 pounds even but I forgot to get Kaylee's weight before we left. Our poor nurse was crazy busy today!
Wednesday July 29th:
To my surprise this morning, they started the girls on all bottle feedings! They will keep their feeding tubes for if/when they have those little steps back and need to finish with the tubes. Kaylee will now be getting 38mL (1.2 ounces) each feeding and Amelia will be getting 35mL (1.1 ounces) each feeding. They had a bath this morning and had new clothes, bedding and cute hats!
We met the occupational therapist, Lisa, today too! She gave her spill about what she does and what she watches with the girls. She discussed their sleep positions while in the NICU verses while at home. Lisa talked to us about the importance of tummy time and why its needed.
The girls had fabulous eating times today! I wanted the girls to practice breastfeeding since we had only tried nursing twice. I was so excited when Amelia happily latched and started nursing right away! Even our nurse, Alyse, was surprised at how well she did with this being only the third attempt. Amelia went for 18 minutes before she fell asleep and pulled off! Kaylee did almost as well. She was a little hesitant to latch at first but she eventually did and nursed for 13 minutes. We nursed again during their next feeding time and they did well. Both girls seemed worn out by the time we were done for the day and I don't blame them.
They had both gained some weight since their last weigh in! Kaylee is now weighing 4 pounds 1.1 ounces and Amelia is now weighing 4 pounds 7.8 ounces. They are almost getting back to their birth weight!
On our way out the NICU our nurse Alyse stopped us. She told me my milk supply in the freezer is overflowing and that they will let me know when to bring more breast milk. I can't tell you how happy I was to hear this. I have been very worried about my supply with twins but thankfully my body is cooperating this time and is allowing me to supply the girls with more than enough. Now I get to stock our freezer and this makes me one proud momma!
In Him,
Angie K
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