Tuesday Update from my mom:

Well, Sarah is not having a good day.  The nurse noticed it this morning and asked her about it and asked if she overdid yesterday.  Sarah thinks she did.  She is very sore, very tired, pumped every 3 hours all night, got up in time to go to 9AM feeding but almost didn't go as she was feeling bad.  She crashed last night and could feel it coming.

Nurse told her to come 1 hour before the feeding times which are every 3 hours beginning at 9AM.  She told her not to come if she needed to rest because the most important thing she was doing was making milk and she would not make enough if she didn't sleep.  So she is to skip coming if she feels drowsy and just send Forrest.  We are to take note of that as well - if and when we come to see babies, she will be going at 8, 11, 2, etc and we should plan on arriving then.  Of course, if there are new babies arriving in NICU, we will have to wait.  I told Sarah that Liah and I might come Thursday during the day sometime.

She and Forrest got to really cuddle the babies for several minutes each.  Both were on their tummies and Sarah had her hands wrapped around and under their tummies with nose and cheeks on hair, kissing them.  She really liked that and she said Carter seemed to like it too.  This was her best day with Carter.  They brought her a tall barstool height chair to sit on so she would not have to stand so long.  They missed feeding due to a new delivery.

Today they will try to wean Carter of the breathing apparatus but the nurse does not think he will tolerate it well so be prepared for it not to work.  He had been put on his tummy but had rolled a little to his side which indicates he is strong enough to move himself.

Olivia is up from 6cc to 9cc of milk now and Sarah is hopeful she will be able to hold her at 2 feeding. 

Sarah has slept about an hour this am and has a friend coming over at noon to visit - she is expecting shortly and Sarah wanted her to come while everything was fresh.  She is going to try to sleep more - maybe skip going at 1 if she does not feel up to it.  Also she is going to call the doctor about some of the soreness.

Carter:

Olivia: