After 87 days of waiting we are home at last. We were shown in NICU how to feed Jodie with the g-tube (although the nurses there said they are not sure how to use it). I have to admit it was really scary. In NICU she cried every time we gave her milk through the tube, little did we know we were feeding her wrong. They told us that feeding will be quick and easy, it is just like the nasal tube, you just pop the milk in and everything will be fine BUT the g-tube is 5 times thicker than the NG tube and the milk went into her tummy within 2 minutes. I wonder how painfull it must be to have food pumped directly into your stomach within 2 minutes...... My hubby and I then started the big research on how to feed a baby with a g-tube AND MAN DID WE DO IT WRONG!!!! The milk was suppose to run into her tummy for a minimum of 20 minutes, and we had to make sure there was no air pumped into her tummy as well... Needless to say after two weeks of crying, screaming, praying we got it right. Hey, I can now safely say I am a g-tube feeding expert, and at last can help any mommy out there with advice. Jodie wasn't able to burp or vomit because she had a nissen fundo done.... The second day of us being home, my hubby and I were feeding her and within seconds she vomitted...... We just stared at each other..... How did that happen.... Just remember that when we got home Jodie didn't even want to touch a bottle, she had dysphagia (this means that she has trouble to swallow, and cannot stand anything in her mouth). We had a speech therapist in hospital that taught me how to do exercises in her mouth to let her get use to a bottle. So I then started the big exercises, every two hours. She didn't even drink 2mls.
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