Today was one for Lila and the house. She had ballet @ the YMCA in the morning, and a birthday party at the neighbor's house at noon. My plan was to head over the hospital once I put her down for her nap but that didn't happen until almost 3 and then Mike needed me to look through things to prep for a clearing out of the garage and some parts of the house tomorrow. It's got to be done so I had to stay for that. Our fabulous neighbors took Lila for a bit to finish out the time in the rented jumpy, and they brought us some party food, but we still didn't get it all done.
I did have every intention of getting up there in the late afternoon. It kept feeling this pit in my stomach, just wanting to be with him. As I went through the day, I spoke to the nurse twice. In the morning he swallowed 20 cc's. She tried 2 more times and he took 10 cc's each time. He has to take the rest through his feeding tube but at least he's taking some via a bottle which is progress. Ideally, every day he'll get better and he'll take more each time. By early evening, she mentioned that he had a good day and she had a volunteer hold him for about an hour. This was so sad to me. On the one hand, it's wonderful that they have people who are willing to hold babies who don't "get out" during the day. On the other hand, why the heck wasn't his Mommy or Daddy there to hold him? I headed up after dinner and shower with Lila.
I'd never been up in the evening. It was nice but much busier than I'd expect. our pod had 3 of the 4 babies full with parents visiting. It was nice having him sleep on me in the evening although I so wanted to fall asleep with him. He's so snuggly!
He has now been completely weaned off of Milrinone today. Hopefully he'll be cool with it. No reason he shouldn't but he should have been able to handle it a while ago. The only change I've noticed in the last couple of days is he seems to have a bit of a cold sweat going on. Tonight it wasn't as bad as yesterday but it was still there. I mentioned it to both nurses so they will monitor it. His temp and vitals seem to be fine though. They are also weaning down on the Methedone a bit. Maybe this is the reason for the sweats.
Other than that, I don't think there's a lot of change. One very nice things is that the nurses seem determined now to give him the bottle as much as he'll take it. I'm so ready to try to nurse him again but my breasts are so sore. I'm taking the meds for Thrush just in case. My doctor wasn't sure but he said we'd treat it so we didn't have to go through the back and forth with Ian if I did in fact have it. So I'll wait a few days to try again. Hopefully the pain will diminish and I'll be more certain for his sake. Maybe he'll get also get a better handle on nippling by then and he won't be so hard on me anyway.
They had also asked me to bring in more milk, which I completely forgot. I've still got so much that I have to store it in my neighbor's freezer. Although I am a bit nervous that I go back and forth in my production, sometimes not making as much as he's eating each time, which means he'll pass me up. I hope all the changes I'm making to help my supply kick in soon.
I did have every intention of getting up there in the late afternoon. It kept feeling this pit in my stomach, just wanting to be with him. As I went through the day, I spoke to the nurse twice. In the morning he swallowed 20 cc's. She tried 2 more times and he took 10 cc's each time. He has to take the rest through his feeding tube but at least he's taking some via a bottle which is progress. Ideally, every day he'll get better and he'll take more each time. By early evening, she mentioned that he had a good day and she had a volunteer hold him for about an hour. This was so sad to me. On the one hand, it's wonderful that they have people who are willing to hold babies who don't "get out" during the day. On the other hand, why the heck wasn't his Mommy or Daddy there to hold him? I headed up after dinner and shower with Lila.
I'd never been up in the evening. It was nice but much busier than I'd expect. our pod had 3 of the 4 babies full with parents visiting. It was nice having him sleep on me in the evening although I so wanted to fall asleep with him. He's so snuggly!
He has now been completely weaned off of Milrinone today. Hopefully he'll be cool with it. No reason he shouldn't but he should have been able to handle it a while ago. The only change I've noticed in the last couple of days is he seems to have a bit of a cold sweat going on. Tonight it wasn't as bad as yesterday but it was still there. I mentioned it to both nurses so they will monitor it. His temp and vitals seem to be fine though. They are also weaning down on the Methedone a bit. Maybe this is the reason for the sweats.
Other than that, I don't think there's a lot of change. One very nice things is that the nurses seem determined now to give him the bottle as much as he'll take it. I'm so ready to try to nurse him again but my breasts are so sore. I'm taking the meds for Thrush just in case. My doctor wasn't sure but he said we'd treat it so we didn't have to go through the back and forth with Ian if I did in fact have it. So I'll wait a few days to try again. Hopefully the pain will diminish and I'll be more certain for his sake. Maybe he'll get also get a better handle on nippling by then and he won't be so hard on me anyway.
They had also asked me to bring in more milk, which I completely forgot. I've still got so much that I have to store it in my neighbor's freezer. Although I am a bit nervous that I go back and forth in my production, sometimes not making as much as he's eating each time, which means he'll pass me up. I hope all the changes I'm making to help my supply kick in soon.
Stress doesn't help your supply either...I know you hate hearing that...
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