Emilia is 39 weeks gestation age. Next Thursday is my expected due date. I have always been saying that she would come home on my due date but this obviously won't happen. She probably will stay in hospital at least two weeks after the due date.
She now weighs 3.2Kg (over 7 lbs). We bought a bouncy chair and a bath tub for her.
She sits in the chair for a while after meals (to help relieve her from reflux problems). She seems to enjoy bath these days. She doesn't look too nervous any more, although she cries for the first few seconds when she gets dipped into the bath water. Her hair is pretty much the same length as before. I am not sure why her hair does not grow while her nails grow very fast. She is better at breastfeeding now. She is doing everything a little newborn is supposed to be doing: eating, sleeping, pooing, looking around, and even cooing a little (usually after breastfeeding and when I am holding her).
I spoke to the doctors and they decided to wean her from oxygen. Now she gets about 75 cc/min of oxygen. Eventually she will need to come off oxygen and become
"spell-free" but I don't know if that will ever happen.... looks like the real trial starts now. I thought the first month was the hardest part of this journey but I now realize the final few weeks is the toughest part that really requires a lot of patience and hope. Also physically it's wearing me down: I need to be at the hospital longer because of breastfeeding. I should have rested more in the earlier months.
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