Dan and Harvey arrived this morning and Mum and I are so excited to have them here! It is so nice to see my big boy and I'm amazed at how much he has grown in just two weeks. He just seems so much taller, fatter, smarter and cheekier than when I last saw him!
Saturday
This morning we said goodye to Mum and Neany and it was very emotional for all of us. Mum had been down here for 10 days doing washing, cleaning my pump after I expressed, making sure I ate and giving me and Stella lots of love, hugs amd kisses! It was sad to see her go. :( We visited the nursery very early in the morning before we went to the airport where the nurse got her out to give mum a final farewell kiss.
Most of the morning was spent playing with Harvey before going up to the NICU in the afternoon to find that the doctors had decided to take Stella off her optiflow altogether and all that was on her face was her feeding (NG- nasal gastric)tube. They just wanted to test her and see how long she could last. She lasted just over 6 hours which was quite impressive for such a little girl!
Stella put on 10 grams and now weighs 1260g. They are going to add profitar to her milk which is to boost the protein content of my expressed breast milk in order to fatten her up quickly! Her breathing is lovely and steady with no oxygen and on an optiflow level of only 2.
They left this afternoon and to say I'm upset is an understatement. I miss them both so much already and it was gut wrenching saying goodbye to one of my babies in order to look after the other. I just keep thinking of the day when I am able to walk out of those hospital doors with my son and my daughter and begin our life as our perfect little family together.
Praying Stella stays well and healthy and puts on lots of weight and continues to breathe so well and also that Dan and Harvey have a safe trip home and that time doesn't go too slowly until we are all together again.
Love to all,
Lauren
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