So Isobel is 11 weeks old today!
I'll be brief with this one as I'm keen to get some photos up for all to see.
For those who don't know the full story, basically our baby was due on the 13th of April but thanks to some intervention from Mother Nature, we were given relatively short notice (4 days) that a Caesar was in order. Bubs was to be fattened up on the outside. So, at 2.47 p.m. on Tuesday March 13, we became the proud parents of Isobel Mae. All 2.22 kgs (4lb, 14oz) of her.
The following 3 weeks we spent to-ing and fro-ing from the Special Care Nursery at Frances Perry House, where our little girl learned to feed properly from her mum and also a bottle. The whole time, we weren't able to see her little face properly due to the naso-gastric tube inserted in her nose through which she was being fed when it didn't quite work with mum or that bottle.
At this point I'd like to pay a tribute to the wonderful specialist midwives who work non stop during their shifts caring for all the premature babies and any others that are born with various medical issues. Not only are they fantastic with the babies, but also the babies' parents who are all going through various levels of emotional strain and hardship. Some, like us are having their first child, so are constantly relying on these women to teach them the right ways to go about caring for a little one. I believe that in many ways we were blessed due to the fact we had this wonderful resource to draw from, 24 hours a day, to guide us, answer all types of questions and generally support us through the whole time Isobel was there.
Having said that, we had it pretty easy. Isobel was born at 35 weeks and weighed a reasonably healthy 2 and a bit kilos. There were some babies in there that were born around 24, 26 weeks and weighed a mere 800 grams! That's not even 2 tubs of butter! Isobel was there for 3 weeks, I spoke to one mum whose baby had just come up to Special Care after being in Intensive Care for 3 months. She was expecting her baby to be in hospital a further 6 weeks. Every day, she was coming and going, just like us, to feed and care for her child as best she could. Our 3 weeks was a mere novelty in comparison.
On Wednesday the 4th of April, we brought our little girl home. Since then, she has been feeding, sleeping, growing and generally being a little star. At last weigh (last Tuesday), she weighed 7lb, 14oz. Last week, we got our first smiles and this week we're getting regular giggles and plenty of fabulous play time. There is certainly something to be said for experiencing for oneself what so many friends had tried to describe over the years, a whole new world of emotion has opened up inside. Photos to follow.
I'll be brief with this one as I'm keen to get some photos up for all to see.
For those who don't know the full story, basically our baby was due on the 13th of April but thanks to some intervention from Mother Nature, we were given relatively short notice (4 days) that a Caesar was in order. Bubs was to be fattened up on the outside. So, at 2.47 p.m. on Tuesday March 13, we became the proud parents of Isobel Mae. All 2.22 kgs (4lb, 14oz) of her.
The following 3 weeks we spent to-ing and fro-ing from the Special Care Nursery at Frances Perry House, where our little girl learned to feed properly from her mum and also a bottle. The whole time, we weren't able to see her little face properly due to the naso-gastric tube inserted in her nose through which she was being fed when it didn't quite work with mum or that bottle.
At this point I'd like to pay a tribute to the wonderful specialist midwives who work non stop during their shifts caring for all the premature babies and any others that are born with various medical issues. Not only are they fantastic with the babies, but also the babies' parents who are all going through various levels of emotional strain and hardship. Some, like us are having their first child, so are constantly relying on these women to teach them the right ways to go about caring for a little one. I believe that in many ways we were blessed due to the fact we had this wonderful resource to draw from, 24 hours a day, to guide us, answer all types of questions and generally support us through the whole time Isobel was there.
Having said that, we had it pretty easy. Isobel was born at 35 weeks and weighed a reasonably healthy 2 and a bit kilos. There were some babies in there that were born around 24, 26 weeks and weighed a mere 800 grams! That's not even 2 tubs of butter! Isobel was there for 3 weeks, I spoke to one mum whose baby had just come up to Special Care after being in Intensive Care for 3 months. She was expecting her baby to be in hospital a further 6 weeks. Every day, she was coming and going, just like us, to feed and care for her child as best she could. Our 3 weeks was a mere novelty in comparison.
On Wednesday the 4th of April, we brought our little girl home. Since then, she has been feeding, sleeping, growing and generally being a little star. At last weigh (last Tuesday), she weighed 7lb, 14oz. Last week, we got our first smiles and this week we're getting regular giggles and plenty of fabulous play time. There is certainly something to be said for experiencing for oneself what so many friends had tried to describe over the years, a whole new world of emotion has opened up inside. Photos to follow.
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