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post #41 of 64
9/25/10 at 11:55am
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update on Willow

well, Willow has completely the 10 days of antibiotics needed to keep her from getting sick with the chorio infection i had. She started on a CPAP machine (which gives pressured oxygen), and moved down to a nasal cannula, then down to room air yesterday! She also got to get off her heat lamp yesterday and be put into itty bitty preemie clothes, which are baggy. She has a little tube down her nose which is how she gets fed. My milk came in and i am pumping all the time. She has started nuzzling at the breast, though she is still to little to understand nursing. She is back up to 4lbs, after dropping down several ounces.
IT is so wonderful to have a live baby girl in my arms. i have been waiting a long time. they practically have to kick me out of the NICU to go eat, lol, because i never put her down!
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post #42 of 64
9/25/10 at 12:01pm
That's wonderful news Liz!
post #43 of 64
9/25/10 at 12:05pm
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post #44 of 64
9/25/10 at 12:09pm
she is so tiny and beautiful!
post #45 of 64
9/25/10 at 12:12pm
She's so beautiful! I know 4 lbs is tiny but she looks so healthy and strong in the pictures! I'm so happy to hear you're both doing well and I hope you can all be home together soon.
post #46 of 64
9/25/10 at 12:17pm
That is such wonderful news.
post #47 of 64
9/25/10 at 12:43pm
Thank you for the update! What a beautiful baby girl!
post #48 of 64
9/25/10 at 1:04pm
she is beautiful!!! So glad to hear things are going well for you guys!!
post #49 of 64
9/25/10 at 1:08pm
She looks like a little sweatheart in her pictures-thanks for coming back here to post an update! Glad to hear all is well!
I know just how good it feels to hold a baby after losing a baby and Im so for you Liz.
post #50 of 64
9/25/10 at 1:30pm
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well, Willow has completely the 10 days of antibiotics needed to keep her from getting sick with the chorio infection i had. She started on a CPAP machine (which gives pressured oxygen), and moved down to a nasal cannula, then down to room air yesterday! She also got to get off her heat lamp yesterday and be put into itty bitty preemie clothes, which are baggy. She has a little tube down her nose which is how she gets fed. My milk came in and i am pumping all the time. She has started nuzzling at the breast, though she is still to little to understand nursing. She is back up to 4lbs, after dropping down several ounces.
IT is so wonderful to have a live baby girl in my arms. i have been waiting a long time. they practically have to kick me out of the NICU to go eat, lol, because i never put her down!
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Originally Posted by liz-hippymom View Post
She's BEAUTIFUL!! What excellent color she has - such a rosy little sweetheart!!

It sounds like you two are doing REALLY well! Yay for milk coming in, pumping & nuzzling - and room air!!!! Way to go baby Willow!

I need a picture with something in it....like a friend of mine had her baby super early & Dad put his wedding ring on her upper arm to show how tiny she really was. I was amazed by how tiny she was yet so healthy!

I'm so happy for you, Liz.
post #51 of 64
9/25/10 at 2:07pm
Thanks for the update Liz. I'm am so happy to hear how well she is doing!!! Praise God! I think of you and Willow often and keep you in my prayers. I don't have a facebook account so I can't see her pictures. I'll check your blog.

God bless you and your little angel!
post #52 of 64
9/25/10 at 2:18pm
She's gorgeous, Liz!!

Thanks for the awesome update!
post #53 of 64
9/25/10 at 2:18pm
Thanks for the update! And what a lovely little girl you have there. She does look wonderful for being so early, and yay for room air! That's a big accomplishment.
post #54 of 64
9/26/10 at 1:05am
She looks so great, Liz. A good friend of mine had her baby at 27 weeks (by c/s) and has been in the NICU since early June. Willow is so much bigger and healthier than my friend's baby was when he was born (he's now 5 lb 10 oz and will be going home in 2 weeks!).
post #55 of 64
9/26/10 at 1:29am
She is beautiful! SO glad things are going well.
post #56 of 64
9/26/10 at 1:35am
ohhhhh what a sweetie
post #57 of 64
9/26/10 at 6:39pm
So glad she is doing so well! What a sweetheart! It's wonderful to see pics of these early babies. I hope her remaining time in the NICU is short!
post #58 of 64
9/26/10 at 7:15pm
What a little precious! Thanks for posting pictures, and glad to hear that things are going well for you two!
post #59 of 64
9/26/10 at 10:18pm
Wow--she looks so beautiful and strong! Congrats!
post #60 of 64
11/14/10 at 12:27pm
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update_

 

i am sorry to not update sooner! we are home. Willow was released 5 weeks and 1 day after being born. Willow weighs 7 pounds and is fully on the breast, though receiving  some supplemented EBM from an SNS while nursing. The NICU stay was hellish. I am so glad to be home. 72462_1566059763238_1587739719_1310420_5526938_n.jpg

 

my due date is tomorrow, but i have a 9 week old! (but she acts like a newborn, and looks like one so it's just that i got 9 extra weeks of little snuggly baby time)

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