34 Weeks

When I walked into Abby's room today there was a big surprise. She had been moved into a crib. We had been waiting for this to happen, but had been getting told that they wanted her to stay in the isolette as long as possible because when they are in an open crib they have to use more calories to keep their body warm. They like their temps to stay between 36.4C and 37.2C. Abby was at 37.2 with a onesie on while being swaddled. The unwrapped her but her temp stayed the same. They even turned the isolette to 26C (room temp is 27C). They called the nurse practitioner, and they agreed to moving her into a crib. She is also weighing in at 3 lbs 8 1/2 oz.

Emma is doing great also. They changed her feedings up late this afternoon. Instead of feeding her every 4 hours she is now being feed every 3. She is a pooping machine and has little coming out of her drains. I honestly don't know what that tells us about her tummy. They did an ultrasound of her liver yesterday due to her direct bilirubin being high, but the test showed no abnormalities. The docs figured it was due to her lack in oral foods, but just wanted to rule anything else out. The pediatric surgeon is supposed to be dropping by sometime this week, so I guess will know more then. Emma's weight is up to 3 lbs 6 oz.

It's hard to imagine that these girls are still supposed to be in utero. The nursed keep reminding us that we will have to adjust their age for sometime. I am just in awe of these two little girls.