Getting stronger

Short post today as I want to try to make it in to the hospital to help with the 9 am "servicing". With any luck I'll post another time about what all that entails. But to yesterday's progress...

She's definitely getting stronger and more in touch with the idea of breastfeeding, which is great. As an example, we usually feed her 34 ml of expressed breast milk (EBM) thorugh the tube if she doesn't have a go at the breast. So that's enough for her to get a full tummy and keep growing (weighed in yesterday at 4 pounds 2 ounces- they actually do use kilos, but we convert it to units we can relate to babies we've known...). In one feeding yesterday, she had a good strong breastfeeding session, but to keep the right amount of food going into her we still gave her 17 ml (half order) of EBM though the tube, and boy did that make her full! quite literally full to the gills. So that means she got 17 ml (or so) all by herself, which is great. She's getting stronger by the day. Once she can get an entire feeding without using the tube, and can do that twice a day (it _is_ tiring for her), we might ge able to bring her home and continue her care with a community health team. She'd still have the tube in, but we'd be in our own surroundings which might be nice.

ok, all for now, running to the hospital!