Sophia is just plain a rockstar. Her vitals have been totally stable, she's clearly able to keep her temp up, and she just started eating today and is loving it. I was given the choice between tube or bottle feeding and opted for tube to try to get her on the breast. She has a strong rooting instinct and will latch on and suck, so we worked on that twice today.
Lydia is still on CPAP, but is definitely controlling her breathing and such better for longer periods of time today than yesterday. I think that she'll be on it for another day or two, but hopefully not longer than that. She is also maintaining her body temp well and took to the feeds like a champ. I'm not able to try to breastfeed her at all because of the CPAP, but we are able to hold her and Robert alone held her for a 2-hour stretch earlier, so she is getting lots of love between the two of us. They took her CPAP off to weigh her tonight, and it was so nice to see her little face. She's such a doll! She looks chunky because she weighs 4 oz more than Sophia, but is two full inches shorter!
My recovery is still going amazingly well, but I definitely felt more sore by this afternoon. I crashed out and took a nap because I was just in too much pain and too tired to keep going. I have been walking to/from the NICU and around my room, and showered/shaved/got dressed today, and I think that it was just a little too much. I'm going to try to pace myself a little better tomorrow.
My big issue right now is that pumping isn't going well at all. I know that it's only one day after they were born, but I pumped 4 times in a row today and got literally not one drop of anything. I've gotten a small amount of milk the other times, but really small... as in, my entire pumping total after 8 pumps and 2 attempts at the breast with Sophia was less than 2 ccs. Meanwhile, the babies are taking 15 ccs every 3 hours. I'm already behind and it's really bumming me out. I really hope that my milk comes in soon. This total lack of much of anything is really discouraging.
On a happier note, all of the kids, my dad, and my friend Nina visited today, so that was nice! It's fun to get to show off my beautiful little ones! Speaking of which, I'm tired as heck, so I'll leave you with pictures.
About to start!
Sophia getting weighed
Meeting Sophia for the first time!
Holding Sophia for the first time, about 5 hours after she was born!
Alice meeting Sophia
Charlotte meeting Lydia
The big kids meeting Sophia
Sophia
Lydia
Proud Daddy!
Hello, pumpkin
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