Esther gained 5g and now weighs 1.66 kilos. She has to be over 1.8kg in order to come home. Her average weight gain is 11 grams a day, say 10 to be conservative and for ease of working out. It will be 2 weeks at least before she is ready for home! Continue reading
A letter to the twins Continue reading
The twins are getting more mail than me at the moment! Today I have for them a postcard from Rew, a letter from Francoise and a postcard and a letter from their Aunty Julie. It has got me thinking that maybe I should write them a letter too, about how I got to be their Mummy. I will do this over the next few days in hospital. Continue reading
4.9.2010 Today we arrived just before 9am to find that we are no longer the only twins! We have been joined by 33 week old, yet to be named, girls who have just been born. We also have a new nurse … Continue reading
I love Esther and William. I cannot bear being parted from them. I just want to take them home and keep them safe forever. Just as a Mummy should! Continue reading
Esther has been high saturating in air (actual air!) for much of the morning. She has no prongs in her nose and is not attached to the wall!
….She has done almost 5 hours unplugged now! Continue reading
01.09.2010 33 weeks today! Arrived at 8.20am as Jane was leaving her night shift for two weeks holiday. She left us a little present, both babies are now on 3 hourly feeds! They seem to be tolerating them well and … Continue reading
I felt my first bit of baby envy today and it was with David because he was getting the first cuddles of the day with Esther. It was a horrible feeling but I just couldn’t stop it. It was awful and has further proven to me the need for our two weeks home alone where we can cuddle them as much as we want before beginning to share them with others. I can’t wait for that time. Still a way to go yet! Continue reading
29.8.2010 David and I came to the hospital at 2pm after spending the morning sorting out the nursery and our new bedroom. Our house actually now looks worse than ever but we definitely are making progress. Both babies have stayed … Continue reading
Day 36, 32+3, 5 weeks old today! Continue reading