Day 69 of Life - August 26th

Last night, Ma was talking to little Sha's nurse last night about bottle-feeding and Ma gave them the go-ahead to try it. So, at his 9:00 feed last night, Sha had his first oral feed by bottle. He did so well, that they decided to try an oral breastfeed this afternoon. In order to track how much he eats at breast, they weigh him before, with his clothes and monitors on, and then weigh him after. The nurse told Ma to try feeding him for 20 minutes and see how he did. Ma also received many helpful breastfeeding tips and feels prepared for this part of the journey.

So, after 15 minutes, the little one fell asleep and Ma couldn't get him to wake up. They finally decided to call it quits and put him on the scale to measure how much he ate. A full feed for him is 36 cc...but when they weighed him (which they did 3 times to verify), they discovered that in his 15 minutes at breast, the little piggy ate 42 cc of breastmilk!!! No wonder the little one didn't wake up...he was full to the brim.

The staff talked to Ma today and said that it would be really good if he had 2 bottlefeeds and 2 breastfeeds a day. However, this will only happen if Ma is at the hospital, as it's really hard for the staff to keep up with bottlefeeds (they are labour intensive). So, Ma has booked a room at the Ronald McDonald House and will start staying there on Monday. She has booked a room for the next 2 weeks... The little Turkey is certainly progressing well and Ma will be there every step of the way.