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Re: Expressing for prem baby (born 5 Jan at 31 weeks)
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2008, 10:20:06 am »
Way to go Lauren!!!  ;D ;D
Fab news!
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« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2008, 10:31:02 am »
That's great!! Well done mum and Lauren!  ;D
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« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2008, 21:06:07 pm »
What lovely news!  ;D ;D
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Re: Expressing for prem baby (born 5 Jan at 31 weeks)
« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2008, 13:17:06 pm »
Lauren is now enjoying her second week at home and is doing really well.  She's fully breastfeeding and has kind of gone on to the EASY routine all by herself - helped I'm sure by 4 hourly feeds in hospital.  I really had no plans to push a routine for a few weeks with her being early (still only 36 weeks really) but she's so close to it that I'm confidently "tweaking" her!  Mainly this is to make sure she has her last bedtime feed at the right kind of time, so hubby can give her EBM in a bottle with her vitamins and make sure she has a big feed while I start my own nightime sleep.  She's only waking once during the night at the moment too.  We are preparing ourselves for her to grow out of it (!) but hopefully the foundations are there now.  And it's so much easier second time round!!
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Re: Expressing for prem baby (born 5 Jan at 31 weeks)
« Reply #19 on: February 14, 2008, 13:23:01 pm »
That is FANTASTIC!!  Well done you!  :-*
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Re: Expressing for prem baby (born 5 Jan at 31 weeks)
« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2008, 13:25:46 pm »
What a fabulous update!  ;D
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Re: Expressing for prem baby (born 5 Jan at 31 weeks)
« Reply #21 on: February 14, 2008, 19:09:33 pm »
Wow! Great news! You sound like you are in a wonderful position.
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Re: Expressing for prem baby (born 5 Jan at 31 weeks)
« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2008, 23:44:43 pm »
What an amazing story - Congratulations to you.  Sounds like Lauren is on the right path.  I had my girls at 32wks and they were very low birth weight - in the hospital for 7wks so I know exactly what you went through.  I too wanted to breastfeed but there wasn't much (if any) support for me here and I really didn't know what I was doing (these are my first babies).  Between that and then finding out that the hospital was dumping my milk (!!!) I eventually ran out - I gave in and switched to formula but at the time is was the right thing to do for me.  Babies came home on a 3hr schedule and stayed on it -they were only 4lbs when they were released from the hospital so maybe Lauren will stick with the current sched you have....

It sounds like you are doing an amazing job and I'm sure she is happy to be home and getting all that love and attention that she needs. 
Congratulations again - am delighted that things are going well for you.
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Re: Expressing for prem baby (born 5 Jan at 31 weeks)
« Reply #23 on: February 15, 2008, 18:56:31 pm »
Congrats! I just wanted to add that I had a preemie born at week 35. I pumped about twice a night, about every four hours and then brought it to the NICU for his feedings.

He was able to come home from the hospital at week 37. Three weeks after he was born, he went through a growth spurt. I wish someone would have told me that was coming! All of a sudden he fed every 2 hours and cluster fed all evening long!! (I was worried I wasn't giving him enough milk and ended up pumping 10 minutes after each feed to stimulate more milk. Unfortunately a few weeks later, I had too much milk and too forceful of a letdown which resulted in him choking!) 

When your little one comes home from the hospital, you may find that she wants to eat more often! Perhaps it's to catch up w/ what she was supposed to do in utero!

Good luck and best wishes!!!

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Re: Expressing for prem baby (born 5 Jan at 31 weeks)
« Reply #24 on: February 19, 2008, 01:28:34 am »
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How thrilling to read your posts about bringing your baby girl home.  Dylan was born at 33 weeks and since he was my first I found bfing pretty challenging.  He wasn't much of a sucker!  I kept pumping and supplementing (often switching back to the bottle every other feed) because I was worried he was too tired to eat well on the breast and I wanted to keep my supply up.  He was tired, but I think if I could go back I would have gone to breast only earlier.  It sounds like you are already doing that- YAY!  I'm still bf now (and pumping to keep my supply up!) and Dylan has turned 9 months and is doing great.   The pump is waaaaayyy too much a part of my life.  Oh well!  It's still been wonderful.  Enjoy your tiny little one.  I miss Dylan being so small.  He was 4.5 pounds but only had to stay in the hospital a couple of weeks.   Now he's almost 18 pounds and 30 inches long!  Good grief it goes by so quickly.
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