It's a good job that Heni had those three extra weeks inside of me to be nourished and grow a bit more. I think the fact that she weighed a hefty 5 lb on her arrival meant that she had at least a fighting chance to survive. Sadly, most of the babies with Edward who are born alive are much smaller and fail to thrive. Over the first number of months she lost a considerable amount of weight as feeding was extremely difficult for her. She found it virtually impossible to suck because of the very high palate in her mouth...when she finally did get enough milk she would throw it all back up again and thus the cycle of "express, feed, vomit" was established. Hour and hours and hours of it.
