Celebration, preemie doubles birthweight

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My lo was summarily evicted at 34 weeks weighing 3lb 14oz. She's now 11 weeks old (so 5 weeks adjusted) and 8lb 2oz! That last represented a gain of 1lb 3oz in two weeks.

She was too immature to bf at birth. She had nutrients by tube while building up tolerance to my EBM. We later learned to bf with the support of the scbu staff and the bf nurses. I've also picked up quite a few tips from this forum, so thanks everyone.

While it's nice to see her jump centiles as she plays catch ups now she's home, the most exciting thing about her weight gain was when she got dimples in her knees. Dimples!

I know people say that formula fattens 'em up faster, but I don't see how it would've beaten me bfing her considering how often she wanted to be fed.

super congratulations! That's amazing news :) I'm so glad your LO is doing so well, what a lovely happy moment for you. Well done for persevering at what must have been a seriously difficult time, hurrah!

how wonderful - you must be delighted. Well done!

Thank you. If this board allowed dancing icons I would've filled the screen with them. :)

I was lucky, had a relatively easy time expressing. One woman on the unit pumped for a week before getting anything. Also funny was that another admired my work in bfing while I was in awe of how much work she had with ff. She'd had to give up because she'd pump for an hour to get 10ml and feel ill to boot, seriously dedicated! (btw, it was only on this forum that I learned there was little link between supply and amount expressed.)

Fab :)

we are in almost exactly the same situation as you. (similar dates,weights and i am BFing but it took ages for my milk to come in etc) was overjoyed to see dimples appear in lw's knees. you should be rightly proud
brill isnt it!!!
congrats x

That is fantastic - well done! What a milestone to have doubled her birth weight. And knee dimples, too cute!

FANTSTIC!!! oh i am so pleased for you all, what an achievement.