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Nearly half a million babies (1 in 10) are born premature in the US each year which is higher than that of most other developed nations. This is the journeys of our first born son, Finnegan, who was born 14 weeks early and weighed only 1 pound 15 ounces at birth. Of our daugher, Korrigan, who was born a healthy 7 pounds, 7 ounces at 37 weeks. And of our second son, MacKeegan, who was also born at 37 weeks at a whopping 8 pounds, 13 ounces. Our continued adventures reminds us daily how good God is.

Tuesday, February 10

The ban has been lifted

They turned Finn's cannula flow down to 1 yesterday. He seemed to have a few more "dips" on his stats (oxygen and heart rate) than normal, but the nurses weren't concerned. He is up to 26 ml every 3 hours and seems to be tolerating the feedings very well. They have to make sure the babies don't have more spells or spit up a lot when they move to regular feedings like this and Finn doesn't seem to mind at all. For a frame of reference, that is about about 208 ml every day...I make just under that every time I pump! See why our freezer is so full?!?! He'll get there before we know it.

I was able to hold Finn yesterday...so I guess that means the ban has been lifted and we can officially hold him every day. What a relief. Jim is feeling a little better, so I think he will be able to go visit Finn tonight. I'm sure they both miss each other. I can't image being away for four days. I'm just hoping I don't get what Jim had! Fingers are crossed and vitamin C has been taken.

On a personal note of accomplishment, I officially hit my pre-pregnancy weight yesterday! It felt good to see it on the scale, but my body obviously isn't in pre-pregnancy shape! Oh, well. All goes with having a baby. Hopefully things continue to tighten back up for a while or at least by September for my sister's wedding in Aruba!

I uploaded a few new pictures on the picture website. Take a look! I really want to upload the videos, but am struggling with getting them in the right format. Argh. Here is our "big" boy (incase you don't have time to check out the other pictures):

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isn't he the most adorable thing ever!!!!

Stacy he certainly has your beautiful big eyes!!

So happy for all of you and thanks for the updates

I love you all
DeAnn

kborn said...

THAT'S NOT FINN!! Whose baby is that?

What a difference a week makes! He's so adorable!

Anonymous said...

What a fantastic picture! Just to let you know, we had a great time when we visited Finn on Saturday. Thank you so very much.

Ron

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