Yep, like I said, I don't know how/when the drip can be administered, and my memory fails me on why Kayla was on it in the first place (should dig through my buddies thread and see if wrote anything) I just remember her being on the drip and they were still pushing for formula until I questioned it. Just thought I'd mention it as this is what helped me avoid formula. I'm glad too, coz her gut flora was screwed up enough by the antibiotics I had in labour, I'm sure of it. Hate to think how colicky she would have been if she'd had formula too. Just shows how much sugar is in formula hey if just a bit on a finger can raise the sugar levels

I had some absolutely beautiful, supportive midwives & nurses in the NICU who helped me stand up to the paeds when they did their rounds. Except for one cranky one who kept telling me to wean DS and who used a bottle for one night feed which distressed Kayla, and the other nurses told her off for me LOL. Anyway, that's a bit off topic!

Sounds like they're doing really well BekZ. It's definitely tiring trying to feed a prem, it takes forever to get them to wake up enough to get a good drink. I found it impossible to document how long she fed for, coz I could be sitting there for an hour and she could have fed for 5 lots of 5 minutes or something.. I'm sure I fudged my figures a lot of the time LOL. This is probably why they like to bottle feed so they can measure it. And then after an hour of feeding, I'd do 1/2 hour of expressing, then you'd have about an hour to go and do something (sleep was rarely an option LOL) before you had to be back for the next feed. Thankfully all my meals were cooked for me! altho I had a lot of those cold coz they arrived while I was feeding or something. So yeah, some well-timed hot meals would probably be appreciated! heh.