Hello all,
Lilly now weighs an incredible 163g
She has put on 23g in 2 days!
Molly had plenty of milk, but unfortunately Lilly was too small to suckle effectively. I hand milked Molly
for the first 2 days and fed it to Lilly by syringe. I was determined to keep her milk in and for Lilly to get
all the immunity she could. Unfortunately Lilly needed feeding and cleaning every hour which was taking
about 20 minutes. Trying to squeeze in eating, sleeping and milking before she needed feeding again
proved impossible
I was disappointed, but at least Lilly got the colostrum she needed
Her milk dried up easily and without discomfort. I only expressed a small amount from each teat for the
first few days, which was enough to ease the pressure but not enough to increase production. (I think
I would have lost my mind, and my other half if I had kept it up
)
Molly has been brilliant, she tries to get Lilly to suckle even thou she has no milk, bless her.
Am going to try and set up a very simple website to host some pictures and updates on Lilly.
Will post the link when I have done it.
Thank you for all your good wishes x x
