Feedings.....aka Eating

Several people ask me often if Sophia is eating...so I'm doing an entry regarding the subject alone....She has not been "Feeding" as often as we'd like because she is so small & her intestine's are just as tiny.....so it's a long process.  "Feeding" is the term used by docs for eating.  When they "Stop feeds" it's usually due to one or a combination of some of the following:  It could be she's not digesting her food, her belly is found larger than normal size for her, she hasn't poopied, or she's really sick eg. infections, respiratory problems, etc.  So when you hear me say her "Feeds stopped" it's because of that, they usually will give it some time, wait for more stability, etc. & than attempt to "Re-start Feeds".  Sophia has experienced a few different forms of feeding:  Either every 6hours a one-time of 2ml's or what they call "Continuous feeds" which is the feed over a 4 hour span at .5ml so she gets the total 2ml's sent to her tummy slowly.  Oh for those who've asked YES she is drinking mommy's breast milk (may I had pumping is a job in itself lol) especially because I've learned that breast feeding successfully has a lot of factors one being a connection to the baby this is extremely hard when your baby is in NICU so producing milk has been quite a challenge but at least for now since she only feeds 2ml's it's not too much milk she needs right now. NO, she does not feed from my breast directly...I pump, bag it, label it, & hand over the milk to the Nicu nurses.  Gorda has a tube going in her mouth down to her tummy so that's how she gets the milk through there for now, I'm looking forward to feeding my little jewel myself!