Last week we took the girls in for their two week check up. The girls are growing right on track. Makayla weighed in at 6lb 11oz which puts her in the 7th percentile for weight and Makenzie weighed in at 6lb 8oz which puts her in the 5th percentile for weight. Makayla's height was 19.4" putting her in the 12th percentile for height and Makenzie's height was 19" which puts her in the 5th percentile for height. When Makayla was born they said her height was 16.5" and we asked them to remeasure her there and when they did they said it was closer to 17". I asked the Dr how she could have grown in height that much since we came home from the hospital and she is positive they measured her wrong at the hospital (twice?!). The Dr said that it is extremely common and she does not really consider the height accurate until they are at least 6 months old because its so hard to measure infants.
The checkup went pretty well other than some concern about Makenzie's breathing. When we were in the hospital they took Makenzie away after I was able to meet and hold her for a few minutes and kept her in the special care nursery for the first day to watch and monitor her breathing because she was having some difficulties. They continued to monitor her throughout our stay there but saw no real problems after that first day. At the 2 week checkup after listening to her breathing and watching for a bit the Dr decided it was best to double check on things so we had an x-ray of her chest and long story short everything came back normal. So after a bit of a scare and a long day the girls are healthy and that is all that matters!
I also met with the lactation consultant before the checkup and it went awesome! I am tandem breastfeeding the girls and the lactation consultant was extremely impressed that they are gaining and getting exactly what they should be! Makes me feel so proud to know I am providing nourishment so well for our girls!
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