Today was Annelise's due date! When a baby is born prematurely, they get two ages - regular age, and adjusted age. The adjusted age goes by their original due date. So even though Annelise is 5 weeks old, she's just today starting her adjusted age. Preemies usually catch up within 2 years.
The doctors have reduced her oxygen again, she's down to 2 liters per minute. This is not high flow anymore, but regular flow. She had a great day all around....very calm and content. Hanging out with us and behaving!
We got the go-ahead to start the very slow process of breast feeding this week. We're going to start with non-nutritive sucking. It's where the baby latches on, but only for a little bit and after I've already pumped. It's like a practice run for really nursing. They have to practice a few times and learn how to do it before they try a meal.
Hang in there! I was able to breastfeed Braden so it can be done!
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