Thank you all for your love & support and helping us celebrate DDs milestones. She continues to do well and is definitely getting better which is an immense relief. They repeated the gastric dye test on Friday and she managed to pass it through much quicker which is a great sign, and she has also continued to poo which means things are on the mend. The real test will be today as they are re-introducing 1ml feeds every 2 hours. So we'll see how she tolerates that.

She was taken off the ventilator around midday yesterday and has remained nice & stable, so we are just thrilled for her. She was getting so uncomfortable with that tube down, she is looking a lot more settled now with just the CPAP back on. And after 3 weeks of not being able to handle her a lot or do much for her, I was able to give her a nice wash and massage today and it looks like we might be in for some cuddles tonight! DP thinks he might even sneak a cuddle in too - he's not felt ready to cuddle her as yet, but after this time with her being so ill, I don't think anything will stop him now.

Still expressing like a dairy queen - so much milk in my freezer here, I'm also giving some of it to DS! I've got a crack thats opened up on one boob right close to where the pump flange rubs, its not too uncomfortable if I'm really careful, but I just can't see how its going to heal while I'm exclusively expressing. Any thoughts? I'm putting breast milk on it to help heal it up and giving it an airing too? Hopefully it stays manageable.