You know what? Abrielle was born on 23-Apr 2010, and the twins are born on the same day 2 years later - 23-Apr 2012. I never had the thought of having all my children celebrating their birthday on the same day.
After 2 weeks in the hospital nursery due to jaundice (2 times of phototherapy done on each of the twins), they were finally discharged last Saturday 5th May. We paid RM6k for the babies' medical bill. Lucky enough that the twins didn't have to stay in the NICU due to premature delivery, which will then cost a bomb and we might need to sell our property to pay for the bills. I was injected with 3 shots of steroid (Dexa) to mature babies' lungs before they were delivered. That is why they do not need a ventilator during birth. They do not have problems on sucking milk also.
Upon delivery, Jonas (boy) was 2.34kg and Jolee (girl) was 1.85kg. Both of them lost 200grams a week later. This is very common for newborns, as they "shred" away the water in the body. However, they gained back their weight during the day of discharge. And 5 days after discharge, we brought them back for check up, and Jonas has grown to 2.7kg and Jolee 2.07kg. Mummy's milk is always the best, especially for preemies.
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| Left: Jonas Right: Jolee |
And guess what? They are fully breastfed since day 5 of birth. Without babies beside me, what I have to do is keep on pumping to get more milk.
Here is one of my "proudest" pic of the month. Got this volume of milk after a good night sleep.
I was using Medela Swing single pump when I had Abrielle. Good suction but if compared to double pump, the pumping time is longer. The day before we discharged the twins, I have decided to "invest" on a double pump. Bought Medela Freestyle @ RM1,899 from littlewhiz.com and I managed to pump the below in 13 minutes time, which normally took me 30 mins on my Medela Swing.
I did not direct latch the twins because I am not able to feed 2 babies at the same time without help. So I have decided to do exclusive pumping so that my family members can help with the feeding and I can go for a nap.
And now, I am a mother a 3 children, and how do I differentiate their milk bottles?
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| White: Abrielle's Blue: Jonas' Pink: Jolee's Aren't that easy? :-p |
The confinement food that I ordered from SHL Confinement is tasty, although a bit expensive. I also bought the herbal bath sachets from them. Which in turn lessen my MIL and grandma's burden on taking care of me during this month.
12 more days and I will be "released" from eating ginger and herbs. I hope that babies will gain more weight by then.
Happy Confinement to me!
