Minzy out of box!

15 Aug

The shit scooping was definitely working. Minzy became 1.7kg when the doc called us. they were worried at the sudden spurt and told us that they would be reducing the amount of shit going back in. she was also eating lesser, at 20ml now every 2 hrs. babies were probably supposed to grow by 10g or so everyday but Minzy grew by 50-60g each day. 

fortunately, they said that there wasn't any dangerous issues associated with this spurt and it wasn't water retention or anything. she seems to be growing normally but they would monitor it closely.

16 Aug

for the first time since i pumped.. for nearly 3 months... i had been under the impression that i was producing a lot of milk. or at least, minzy had more than enough to drink.

i've always thought that i was producing about 120ml? from the sealed pack it just seems like i had more than that. i was so so wrong. jackie and my sis told me i should use the bottle to measure and so i did. that was actually only about 25-30ml (each boob). i had so little milk!!! i'm not sure what's wrong but i know my milk ducts were always blocked and my flange size was probably too big (28mm), since it was sucking my whole nipple+areola in. i was pumping for 30mins each session and yet i only got so little. i asked my sis to help me get supplements from legendairy milk so i could increase the volume and help unblock the ducts. for whoever has this issue... you can try their products here.

17 Aug

Fresh out of the box! Having crossed the 1.5kg line at 1.79kg today, Minzy was finally able to sleep without a cover in her incubator. However, her breathing wasn't so stable yet. they tried to remove the respirator but her oxygen levels decreased and they had to put it back again. guess they will have to take that slowly. it is still a marked improvement to be able to see minzy without the panel of glass between us. coincidentally we came just right after they removed her cover so we could touch her as much as we want that day! awwww. here's a shot nampyeon took of her incubator and surroundings.

nampyeon disturbing the soundly-sleeping minzy...

i find her really cute when she sticks out that hand unexpectedly... XD

but for some reasons she seems to be just struggling a lot. towards the end of this vid it's as if she struggled so much then suddenly pass out =_=

but for the most part she just kept sticking out her tongue. guess babies do that a lot...

i guess she is having some delicious milk in her dreams..?

sometimes she will struggle and stick her tongue out. wonder what that means..

here's little minzy opening her sleepy eyes to see her mommy for just a second.

hmmm my little minzy... love you so much... T_T i guess it's because she hates the respirator that's stuck to her face, that she's scratching it so much. hopefully it will be removed soon!!