First, let me apologize for the tardiness of the Brennadate, but let me assure you the news has all been steady & good! Grandma’s & Grandpa’s have been in town & we spent some time getting the nursery together-now that we have a beautiful crib (thank you Grandma & Grandpa K!) we can bring her home! Well, we can bring her home when she’s big & ready…
Brenna has FINALLY started to gain weight-a whopping 4 oz in 4 days, at this rate we will be 2.5 lbs next week...only another 2.5 lbs to go… It seems that 1500 grams seems to be the magical premie number, everything ‘eventful’ seems to happen at this weight- we can lose the snorkel gear, wear clothing (we have the CUTEST little duck outfit for her to wear) & will be able to start nippeling (she is currently on a feeding tube, all breast milk though). Always the overachiever, Brenna has doubled her food intake in the past week going from 15 cc's to 30 cc's, she has been tolerating the feedings really well with less than 1 cc residual (the semi-digested leftover food, anything under 5.5 cc’s is good).
If you see the little mark on Brenna’s big ol’ belly that is her little birthmark it is small & sits right below the diaper line. At least I will not have to worry about anyone swapping out my baby-she’s markedJ!
Dr told me today to expect more of the same for the next couple of weeks; they do have to keep reminding me that in premie world boring is a good thing. He did tell me that Brenna turned 30 weeks on Thursday-I know, I know, & yes, she was born on a Tuesday…..? Apparently they track gestational age to the day (crazy, & I have no idea how) & she was born at 27 weeks and 5 days-hey anything that brings my little Bean a little closer to coming home=)
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