Sorry I didn't post yesterday. Gabrielle hit the big 2 lb mark yesterday. She was 2 lb 1.5 oz. They increased her feedings to 16 cc every 3 hours. She has been tolerating them well. In the beginning she still had quite a bit in her belly, but they jumped from 12 cc to 16 all at once. Before they were only going up by 1 cc per day. He breathing has slowed down and I think she likes her new room. It is much quieter in there. This room is a continuing care room and there are only 4 babies in there.
Today her weight was down a little. She was 2 lbs 0.8 oz. I just spoke with the doctor and he said it was because she is not at her maximum nutrition. They are going to add some fortifier to her milk to make it have more calories. If she tolerates that then tomorrow they will go up on the volume and increase the fortifier to get her really gaining weight. It is so much better holding her without all of the IVs and other stuff. Now she just has a few skin probes that measure her heart rate and breathing. Those will be on until she is ready to come home.