It’s About to Get Interesting…
Well, we’ve just been working on the feeding by mouth thing with the boys and they are improving. Ace took a full feed by breast yesterday, and Nate took one partially by breast and finished with a bottle. Today, the nurses asked if I can come in for more feedings, which is a step forward!
But to do this, it means I now need to be there for their 11 am, 5 pm and 11 pm feedings. Three trips a day to the hospital will be 3 hours a day driving, plus the time feeding the boys (usually takes about 2 hours each time with feeding, burping, changing, etc) and then pumping. I am going to be exhausted and worry about how we will afford all of the gas it’s going to take to make all the trips, but hopefully this part will be short lived.
After this part, it will be time for me to “camp”, which is when I stay at the hospital for a couple of days, give the boys every feed and as long as they take them all and gain weight, they will be discharged.
Please keep us in your thoughts over the next week and hope that we are in the home stretch and see the finish line very soon!
