Little Miss Baby M: Full feeds

Farrah is now on full feeds! We thought that she was getting her ccs of breast milk every four hours, but we misunderstood. She is actually getting 8 ccs of breast milk every hour, which makes her on full feeds! They are planning to stop the iv nutrition if she continues to handle her feeds ok. Then they will be able to remove her PICC line. We've heard that you know your baby is getting closer to going home as the numbers of their wires and tubes go down. Farrah still has a ways to go, but a step like this is a great one.

Some of you have commented that Farrah looks like she is getting bigger. She sure is! Ray and I can't believe how much she has grown. She fills out more of her incubator and we need to look back at old photos to remember just how small she was at birth.

There is some talk of Farrah getting to go back on a regular vent soon, but it is all up to Farrah. Her oxygen saturation rate still goes up and down during the day, but today she was able to stay at under 60% oxygen. The further away from 100%, the better. It seems like she needs more oxygen support at night after she has been weighed and turned. Last night and tonight, Farrah was wide awake during her 8 pm rounds. She still needs to be sedated sometimes to help her rest while the oscillator does its job.

Last night, Farrah was able to meet her great-grandmother on my side and see her grandma (my mom) again. They were able to see Farrah look around and kick her feet. We took a four generations of women photo, but it is on my mom's camera and has not been uploaded yet. Farrah's other grandma (Ray's mom) will be in town this weekend too. She hasn't seen Farrah since the week after she was born. Then her uncle Connor will meet her for the first time and her grandpa (my dad) will get to see her for the first time since the week of her birth. Everyone is so excited to see our little Farrah! She is hard to resist - even the nurses say so.