Day #52 Yeah!!! We did it!!!

Oh, I can't begin to tell you all how great my day has been. Trey is on 1ltr of O2 and hasn't had a single A&B in two days. But let's get to the really GREAT part of the day....

So, I woke up this morning and it was B-day (breast feeding day). I wanted to relax myself as much as possible so I went and got a haircut because it always makes me feel better. I couldn't eat all day so I just kept hydrated. The doctor called and spoke with me while I was getting my hair cut and let me know how well Trey was doing and that they were going to bring him down to 1ltrs. I asked her why they didn't want to do 1 1/2 and she said that his nurses and all the doctors, respiratory included, just thought he was ready. She said that he was totally ready to be put to the breast but not to expect too much. He just might not get it or have trouble latching on. Honestly, from all that I have read on preemies and breast feeding I fully expected a list of issues. Fast forward to 1pm.....

I got to the hospital, boppy in hand. When I got to D-pod Trey was wide awake and very hungry. He was rooting around and trying to suck on his blankets LOL...so, I went to pump. We decided that because he might choke that I needed to get the larger part of the milk out...but...there was at least 1-2 oz left. So, I got all ready sat down and the LC came over. She started talking to me about how they score how well they do and BLAH BLAH. I sorta just tuned her out and I saw Treys mouth open really wide put him near my chest and he latched right on!!! He looked at me kinda crazy at first like "humm, what is this...ummm...kinda different" then he just began to suck like crazy...Let me correct that last statement...He sucked for 8-10 good burst then swallowed and YEP breathed....YESSS!!! He kept up like that for about 15 minutes. He had the sweetest happiest look on his face and I breathed a sigh of deep relif. He got it, right out of the gate. I kept repeating to myself...he got it, OMG he got it. It was just wonderful to see the light bulb pop on above his head. I really had a mommie moment and it was wonderful...I just did the most natural and best thing ever for my little boy, I fed him, Me !!! Not a tube in his belly but me!!!

So, they started his feed though his tube and he kinda fell off and rolled to his back. I thought he was done and he would get a really full belly and fall asleep boy was I wrong. I snapped my bra and he took notice and got pretty mad about it. He began to root around again. The nurse told me to just comfort him and hold him close. He started licking my shirt and trying to latch on to my tank top. I tried to give him his nuk and he was PISSED...he made a horrible face and looked at me like "WTF mom...I had the good stuff now you want to give me this...NOT!!!" he fussed and fussed but I couldn't latch him back on because we still have to monitor how much he gets and too much could make him kinda sick..Finally, he fussed his self to sleep and I they said he did so well that they would like to try 2x a day until my surgery and then again once I am better. So we will do 2x a day today, Saturday, Sunday, Monday then start back hopefully Thursday or Friday.

Chris and I went up at 7:30 and I got to feed him again...He was a little tired from earlier but he still latched on really well and fed for about 10 minutes. Then he got really really sleepy and pass out peacefully in my arms. I think it sucks for Chris because I get to hold him all the time right now but it will all be worth it when he gets to come home and he can hold him whenever he wants.