07/14/2012

Both our girls are out of their incubators!!! They are in a testing period to see if they can maintain their own body temperatures and if they do, they will be out of the incubators permanently!

Aryiah weighed 5lbs 4oz and Lily weighed 3lbs 13 1/2oz. They are both wearing clothes now and they look so cute!

I am now doing the nutritional feedings. This is where they nurse on a sliding scale. If they nurse for 15 minutes they only get half of their scheduled feeding through the feeding tubes. If they nurse longer than 15 minutes they do not get any of their feeding through the feeding tubes. I get so worried that they are not getting enough even if they nurse for 15 minutes because they don't suck the entire time. I am going to talk to the lactation specialist Monday.

The next step to coming home is taking all their feedings from me and not their feeding tubes. If they do this and maintain their body temperature we get to bring them home!