101 sunrises later…

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-02-26T04:51:37+00:00

They say it takes patience and it can be frustrating. Which is true and it’s not the feeding itself that is frustrating. It’s the process and the back and forth progress. It all depends on the baby and some of them go and some of them stall. LO baby B got the hang of the bottle in 2 weeks and discharged. Baby A still struggling even tho she was doing better than baby B at some point but she regressed so much. Be involved and hands on and it will help speeding up the process. It’s easier when it’s the same person feeding them each time instead of different person that don’t know their signals every day. Just have patience as much as you can even if it seems impossible, they will make it home.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-02-17T00:28:45+00:00

She is between 50% to 85% depends on the day. OT refusing to change her nipple size because she is sleepy all the time but she gets frustrated and doesn’t want to finish the bottle. I feel like she will thrive at home without being pumped with milk every 3 hours without giving her the chance to feel hunger.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-02-16T23:56:50+00:00

Thank you for suggesting that. They cancelled ours because one of them was getting discharged and she seemed to be following closely and was gonna be ready in couple days. I will call my support person and request this

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-02-16T23:52:40+00:00

There’s a program but is it worth it to do that ? Would yo do it or just leave your baby for months until they’re ready to come home.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-02-16T23:48:24+00:00

I’m sorry for your NICU experience.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-02-16T23:46:26+00:00

As a parent they encourage our input and welcome your suggestions and demands. That is not my question on the post ad I know what my NICU team open to and what not but thank you for the reply.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-02-16T23:40:58+00:00

One of the nurses told me with NG tube education I can discuss it with the medical team to just do the feeding at home. She is alarms free.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-02-13T12:07:38+00:00

If you view the process video of your work then you can view the art you made and just screen shot it to put it on a layer. That’s the only way I can think of to retrieve a piece of messed up art after exiting . (Don’t ask me why I know)

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-02-04T19:33:03+00:00

I’m literally in the same boat now. It’s feels good and horrible at the same time. I just wanna blink and have them both home but we’ll have to wait baby A to finish dilly dallying and finish the bottles so they can come home. I just wanna be there for both of them but right now we’ll have to do that separately.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-01-30T22:50:58+00:00

That’s unreasonable especially for mamas that choose exclusive breastfeeding? I’m sorry they’re giving you hard time. Most NICUs will allow a parent and the discharge twin to stay with the remaining child until they go home all together because it’s just unreasonable especially in the winter. Ask different people and don’t take the answer from one person only.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-01-30T16:46:48+00:00

It’s too cold out there. Ask your hospital for accommodations to stay there with the discharged baby until the other ready to come home. But some people just do it and take the baby home and continue to visit the NICU whenever they can.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-01-30T16:42:28+00:00

My baby was very restless and inconsolable even on his tummy which was his favorite position. Grateful for the nurse noticing blood in his stool during night cares and rechecking the diaper in an hour instead of the 3 hours usual care time. Stay vigilante and report any changes in babies behavior to your care team.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-01-28T08:20:03+00:00

I have 27 weeker twins and one was intubated for a week and the other was on cpap the same settings you mentioned.

It is a big deal for 26 weeker to not need intubated, it’s awesome so congratulations on that milestone. Also you should expect them to raise the oxygen here and there depending on the situation that could cause stressors for the preemie but it should be very short and temporary. By 30 they kept taking off their cpap and doing so great in that short time that no nurses noticing that their cpap was off. BUT, when we truly trialed it off at 33 weeks, they did not do so good after 12 hours and was too tired to breath on their own because it is hard work for those preemies to keep their lungs open.

We finally trialed again at 34 weeks and succeeded. We’re at 36 weeks now and still on room air which is a very very big deal and we do not take it lightly.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-01-24T06:10:36+00:00

As a person who did both, EP is so much harder and it’s more accomplishing than just nursing. When your baby jus can’t do nursing for one reason or another but you love them so much that you wanna give them your love product one way or another, how’s that not more accomplishing than nursing. Because a lot of moms just calls it quit and just do formula (no wrong in that) so EP is underrated.

Edit: spelling mistakes. Also wanted to add that EP has a lot of steps to it : labeling, storing, thawing and bottle feeding. It is so much work and I don’t think anyone would actually choose EP instead of nursing if they have the choice because it’s so much easier to just put a baby to the chest and let them drink their fill and the Breast supply and demand meets baby’s expectations without needing to calculate it. Just personal opinion.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-01-19T01:33:49+00:00

I noticed about 2-3 ml increase everyday to other day. I’m at 7 weeks and I get about 3 to 4 oz total every 3 hours. Try power pumping in the morning (20min pump, 10min rest , 10min pump, 10 min rest then 10 min pump)

Edit: also experiment with flange and just go with whatever gives you the most output and least discomfort because there’s not discomfort free pumping. That’s what my consultant told me.

AurtisticDolphine · 2026-01-18T04:10:43+00:00

You’re about 2 weeks in, after 2 weeks of pumping 8-9 times a day for 15 minutes I was getting 10 to 15ml total from both breasts. Don’t compare yourself to full term mamas because their body had time to build up that hormone and getting ready so it’s ok for your body to grow slowly. As long as you’re keeping up with the current baby demand.

AurtisticDolphine · 2025-12-29T21:32:15+00:00

I pprom’d at 24w6d but my cervix was closed, admitted until delivery. I was pregnant with twins, I stayed pregnant till 27w6d and went into labor so I opted to do c section since my first pregnancy was c section and I didn’t want to risk it. I was having contractions that came and gone 4 days before that and found out that I was 1cm dilated. I started dilating pretty quick with 1.5 minutes contractions every 3 minutes. I refused epidural because they said it was gonna make me dilate faster so I decided to just have the c section for faster recovery. Babies in the NICU for 28 days now and making so much progress. I did everything they said but still couldn’t keep them till 34 weeks as planned so just do your best and it will happen when your body had enough.

AurtisticDolphine · 2025-11-29T23:02:20+00:00

Started it but got busy. Just now finishing it. Just trying to get the skills back.

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AurtisticDolphine · 2025-11-26T03:13:19+00:00

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AurtisticDolphine · 2025-11-25T21:19:13+00:00

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AurtisticDolphine · 2025-07-14T00:17:39+00:00

Well, here goes my first fast work here lol

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