The girls are 11 days old today and doing wonderful! All of the nurses say that they are making remarkable strides for how early they were born. None of them need additional oxygen, so they are breathing the same air as we are. They still are getting some additional heat pumped into their isolettes, but they are all clothed now and working on learning to control their own body temperatures. All of them are on tube feedings and yes, mama is still keeping up with the milk they demand. They each are getting about 8 ounces of milk per day, but it is split up into feedings every two hours. So they are doing great and we haven't run into any problems. They are in the 'growers and feeders' room and basically need to just keep doing that. Things are pretty steady each day as we wait for them to grow and mature more. The next step will be working on feeding them, which won't come until they are 34-35 weeks (that is gestational weeks or weeks that I was pregnant). We are at 32.5 weeks gestationally right now, so a couple more weeks to go till we can try feedings orally!
Anyways, onto the new pictures!!!
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August 13, 2011
Garin getting to help hold one of the babies for the first time!
Daddy and Garin are holding Chloe |
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August 14, 2011
Chloe all dressed up holding Auntie L's hand |
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August 15, 2011
Chloe is a Sleeping Beauty |
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August 15, 2011
Elia is a Sleeping Beauty
(Thanks Auntie N for the cute onsie!) |
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August 15, 2011
Marly is a Sleeping Beauty |
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August 16, 2011
Elia is wide awake |
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August 16, 2011
Mommy got to hold two babies - Elia (left) & Marly (right)
This is the first time that two of the babies have been together since leaving Mommy's tummy |
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August 16, 2011
Two of the Girls!
Marly (left) & Elia (right) |
Hope you enjoy these pictures as much as we do! It was so exciting to get two of them together again yesterday. It was neat to see them open their eyes and really check each other out. It was adorable that they held hands without any positioning from us :)
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