At our visit with Maggie yesterday, just a few new things to report. Maggie is now 12 days old (33 weeks gestation). Her weight was up to 1610 grams (she was 1500 when she was born, which equal 3 lbs 5 ounces). The docs also decided to take Maggie of the caffeine, which they were giving her to help reminder her to breathe (to prevent an another apnea spell). They feel that she's doing well enough to not need this anymore.
Maggie's bilirubin level was up again (at 7), but the doctors were going to hold off putting her under the lights again and recheck it in the morning. There may be a possibility she'll have the lights on again today.
We practiced nursing again and Maggie did awesome. She woke up once we got there and was looking at me and Jeff as we changed her diaper and took her temperature. She was alert the entire time we were nursing and she really did a great job. She started to show signs of rooting, did well with her latching, etc. She seems so determined, a trait she gets from her father.
Jeff and I will make our daily visit this afternoon. I feel like our visits are always too short. Hopefully, we'll get to spend more time with her today. Next week I'll finally be able to drive, so I can spend more time with Maggie.
We developed some of our pictures of Maggie for Cece and put them in a photo album for her. She likes to look at the pictures and give her sister kisses. She also points and says Maggie or baby. We can't wait until she can kiss her sister in person
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