Week 13

Howdy All,

Well our two little angels have continued to progress really well.  The doctors have recommended that Ella stay in hospital a little longer to make sure she is putting on enough weight, so it could be another week or so before she comes home.  She is up to 2.15 kg so she has put on 110 grams this week.  Jack is now up to 2.895 kg so has put on 265 grams this week, another good one for him. 

Both babies are stable enough that they have removed all monitoring.  Ella is feeding really well and hasn't had a tube feed for over a week now, Jack has about 2/3 of his feeds on breastfeeding or bottle so hopefully he'll be off the tube soon. 

Not many photos again - hopefully next week we'll have some shots at home!

Mummy cuddles

Week 12

I'm getting later every week posting these!  I guess that means there's less out of the ordinary things happening. 

We can really see the finish line, Ella is now 2.04kg and feeding really well via breastfeeding and bottle.  They have even removed her feeding tube and pretty much all monitoring - best of all she may be able to come home within the next week!  This is fantastic and unexpected - they were both expected to stay until their due date around 23rd March to to have her come home early would be great!!!

Jack is still chubbing on but his weight see-saws a bit, he is now 2.63kg - he will unfotunately have to stay in a bit longer than Ella but we suspected this right from the beginning as he was always a step or two behind,particularly with his breathing.  If they read this blog in years to come, I'm sorry Jack, you'll probably get teased by your little sister!!  Jack is however still on track to come home on or around their due date; he's breastfeeding well, Anthea is spending as much time as possible in the hospital now that they're close to home so that she can get them feeding regularly.  Jack if it makes you feel better, it's not so much that you're behind in development, you're doing well, it's just that Ella jumped a few steps!!

Jack had an ultrasound to check for a hernia during the week - I'm not sure what the reason for this was but the outcome was no hernia so I guess thats positive!

Only a couple of photos this week...

Jessie with her little bro

Ella with no tubes of any kind!!!