t our little Sarah didn't have much to lose. Her initial birthweight was 394 grams (13.9 ounces); at her second weighing at five days old, Sarah had dropped down to 360 grams (12.6 oz.). We were getting quite scared, because when you only weigh three quarters of a pound, you need every tenth of an ounce.Sarah's third weigh-in was an extreme relief. About a week after her birth, she tipped the scales at nearly a pound, 430 grams to be exact. Needless to say, Erika and I were elated. Sarah had begun to take breast milk through her feeding tube, in addition to the IV diet of fat, protein, and glucose. She was doing so well that her feedings increased from one CC every four hours to one CC every three hours. Dr. Su said we could expect to see weight gain of about 10-15 grams per day.
Sarah's weigh-in the next day caused some alarm, as Erika and I thought it would be all weigh gain after the initial drop after birth. However, her weight may continue to go up and down as the doctors adjust her intake in response to her ever-changing conditions. She dropped from 430 grams down to 410 grams.
Due to an increase in Sarah's blood sugar on Friday night, the doctors stopped feeding her breastmilk over the weekend. We are told that they would resume feeding her today.
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