DD was 34 weeks. She was put on a drip to maintain glucose levels, and she was monitored for oxygen saturation & breathing as she had some desaturation episodes, and ended up on caffeine treatment. We were in hospital for 3 weeks (but I think it was longer than need be because the drs took forever coming around and assessing her and then saying we'll check again in a couple of days.. and then maybe you can go home in a couple of days.. dr so & so needs to see her before you can be discharged.. yada yada yada)

Usually at 34 weeks they're not very good suckers so often need to be tube fed. DD actually sucked really well, but she lost weight with the effort, so she was put on alternate suck/tube feeds so she could concentrate on growing

One thing I will say.. they were putting the pressure on for my milk to come through (which only took a couple of days! sheesh!) and kept asking if I would consent to formula (coz of her sugar levels etc).. I said no, can't she just stay on the drip? It's maintaining her levels just fine. So they just kept her on the drip until my milk came in.. no probs. It had various additives in it, so she wasn't starving. So just be fully aware of and ask for alternatives while you get your milk sorted out. Prems can have sensitive tummies as it is, without being fed formula because people think they need all this food so early on.

Oh yeah, and she was under the lights a couple of times, but that was fine.

All the best. Hope you can keep cooking her as long as possible

Oh.. and my 34 weeker was 3.5kg LOL! Just thought I'd throw that in there