The birth of my two preemies

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Avery's birth story

Friday, November 19, 2010

NICU, day 26

Late night at the NICU tonight. Avery just finished her feed about 10mins before we got there and was just relaxing. I got to kangaroo care with her and she snuggled right up on my chest and farted in my hand (she also likes to poop as soon as i am holding her). She is still getting her feedings spread over an hour to help keep her from de-sating during and after feedings. She has a little of what they call "toaster head", the right side of her head is slightly flat but still cute as ever. She is 3lbs 3oz and 15in long and growing so fast. In just 5 short days it will be Avery's 1 month birthday. Tonights nurse decided to switch her and put her head where her feet usually are to help keep her from getting torticollis.
We were talking to the nurse tonight and she asked how many kids we have and their ages and if they were also born early. So i explained to her that we have a 2.5 year old that was full term, a daughter that is 1.5 years old but she was stillborn last year and then we have Avery. She went on to tell me that in April of 2008 she had twins that were stillborn at 20weeks. It was nice that we related on that level, but of course you never want to meet someone that suffered a loss like that. Anyway overall tonight was a pretty good night.

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