Maruschke..
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She will breastfeed, she will get there. While, generally, the whole suck, swallow, breathe, reflex comes in between 35 to 37 weeks, some babies take longer then others and that is completely normal. Sometimes it will just click and they go from doing no sucks to sucking every feed in a day or two, and for others it is very very gradual. Sometimes babies who have had blood sugar problems can take a bit longer then others as well. Work on her being home around her due date and anything before that is a good bonus.
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Thank you
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She WILL come home. She just needs to get stronger.
We knew that the average stay for Gastro-kids is 6 weeks, which was DD's EDD on the 20th of January.
We said from Day 1 we wanted to be home for Australia Day. We held onto that, and we got home on the 25th.
Set a realistic goal, maybe around her EDD and hold onto that. It saves disappointment.
There were times we didn't think we'd ever come home and it was horrible. Especially being 500kms from home.
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Maruschke, I never post in this thread because my DD was born at 36 weeks and I kind of really never considered her a prem (although technically she was I guess!) She had a really bad sucking reflex. When we were discharged we had to feed her EBM either by medicine cup or by dropper. It did improve. It just took time. She/we never really got the hang of the breast but she did learn to take EBM by bottle. Just keep going. Try to get some sleep, or do something just for you to refresh your mind and your body. I really hope your little one gets to come home soon.
Much hugs
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Thanks all. She suddenly (and I mean... didn't have anything at 1 pm, was sucking like a champ at 8 pm???) developed the skill to suck a dummy but it hasn't really translated to taking bottles yet. Though she is waking and demand feeding and showing lots of rooting signs. Just waiting...
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THat's a great sign. it'll happen
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Terrific!!
For DD it just "clicked" one day and she drank a whole 40mls of EBM.
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