DD was in hospital til just after her EDD. Which was nearly 7 weeks. But, she had alot of other issues.

My understanding is that yes, weight gain must be good and they must be on all 'suck feeds' for a few days.
If bubby comes early and has minimal sucking reflex then they may insert a NGT (naso-gastric tube) through the nose for feeds until bub is bigger.
We kept DDs very last NGT. The nurses were pretty grossed out by that.
I kept the twins NGT from scn and the ones from ICU

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