Just after some advice if I can please?! I had DS2 at 32+5 on 23 November. I had very sudden pre-eclampsia and they decided to induce me as I was very poorly. Luckily they managed to get 2 lots of steroids into me and induction worked incredibly well and he was born only 59 mins after they broke my waters!
He was 3lb 8oz and needed no oxygen or anything but was just put in an incubator for a couple of days to keep warm.
He was tube fed until about a week ago and has been doing brilliantly on bottles with only teeny top ups through his tube. However they weighed him on tuesday and he is now 4lb 4oz at 14 days old and they have decided thats not enough weight gain so have put up his milk amount from 36 ml to nearly 50 and he literally can't take that amount. They'd taken his tube out monday cause he was doing so well and they have now decided to put it back in again so you can imagine how Im feeling.
I was supposed to be taking him home saturday but I really really don't want to take him home with a tube in. I know many people do it but am just not happy/confident enough to do it. It really has been a nightmare 3 weeks and I just want him home now. We live 25 miles away from the hospital and I have a 5 year old as well so its very difficult.
He can suck really really well...he just gets tired quite easily and can only manage about 40ml before he gives up.
I honestly don't know what Im asking but would love any suggestions cause I really don't know what to do anymore. Ive suggested me feeding him every 2 hours so he'd get the same amount but in smaller feeds but they've said that prem babies can't do that because they don't have enough rest between feeds so they are sticking to 3 hourly. Can they actually put an NG tube down if I say no? Is that weight gain really horrific cause I thought it was actually quite acceptable??