Yesterday marked 4 weeks. Very, very hard to believe. The twins have made great strides the last week and are doing very well.
They have gained a little bit of weight, they continue to hold their own temperature pretty solid, and are breathing well for the most part (neither requires any oxygen anymore, except for an occasional bout of "desaturation" where their breathing gets a little off kilter as they eat or something.
The eating has taken a big step forward this week... they have both begun to nurse, and are picking it up pretty well. There are certain times they are just too sleepy to eat - which, as hard as that may be to imagine, think of life if you had been eating and sleeping simultaneously for the last three weeks - "what, you mean I have to wake up now to eat!?!?!" :)
There are 4 stages of feeding, we are on the first. It's the longest, apparently... but basically the babies now need to coordinate sucking, swallowing and breathing. So far it's proving to be a tough little juggling act!
We are grateful to report they are doing so well... the date to come home (while not set yet) seems to be approaching, and is definitely surreal. We're grateful for these two little ones, and are extremely honored and privileged to have them in our family.
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