OK, so the C-section was a great success, River Zaire (my mom can't stop telling me how much she hates that name, btw) was born at 7:36 am-8 lbs., 21 inches long, cute as hell.
DH got to hold him right away, while I was still lying on the table I got to look at him for a few minutes, then all of a sudden he started making these weird noises and DH, baby, and 2 nurses rushed out of the room, leaving me with no idea what was going on. DH came back a minute later and said that baby was having trouble breathing, so they were taking him to the NICU. They said that he probably just had some fluid in his lungs, which I guess is common with C-sections (I did not know this), they put him on a ventilator and said that he should be out by Thursday.
Well, I got out of the hospital on Friday and baby is still in the NICU.
He is doing well though, so I am very thankful for that. It's just taking longer for him to transition from the fetal life to the baby life, is how the dr. explained it to us. He did not respond to the ventilator, so Thursday night they had to switch him to a different machine which I cannot remember the name of, but the purpose was to vibrate his lungs and open them up so he would take in enough oxygen. They also had to give nitric oxide-however last night he was weaned off of that, and this morning he went back to the regular ventilator. So now it is just a matter of getting him weaned off the ventilator and the dopamine he is on to control hypertension.
We were really scared at first, but now it looks like he will be fine. We just have to be patient.
So for another surprise.....I am pumping my boobies
I got talked into it by the neonatologist-she STRONGLY suggested and said that for a normal baby, formula is usually fine, however for babies like this they usually don't tolerate it well, but do tolerate their mom's milk. She said that if I would just try it for a couple weeks, to get him "over the hump," it would be a great benefit. At the time we talked about it, I would have been willing to do anything to improve his chances, so I figured if all I have to do is pump some milk, I better just do it. It's not as bad as I thought. I am renting a pump from the hospital, which my insurance will pay for
because he is in the NICU. So I'll probably do it at least until I go back to work, then see how things go. He had his first feeding yesterday (only IV fluids until then) and it went well. I got to hold the little syringe thing and "feed" him and you could tell he knew it was something new-he seemed to like it. It was cute.
The pumping isn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I can see it being a huge PITA at work and I am not producing much yet. So we'll see.
So as far as diet---not great but not out of control either. I haven't weighed myself yet because I still look like I'm pregnant, so I'm waiting for the swelling to go down so I can get a more accurate idea. Plus, I know I can't do induction while pumping so I need to do a little more research on what exactly I can do. I also think I will do best if I wait until baby comes home and we get settled into some kind of routine so I don't set myself up to fail by obsessing about food while everything else in my life is all crazy at the same time, if that makes any sense.
I miss you guys!!!
you !!!!!!!!!!
So then I felt guilty for being jealous before. And there's one little baby right across from River-MAYBE someone is visiting her while we're not there, but neither DH nor I have ever seen anyone visit her and we've been there at all different times of day. So those kinds of things help me to not feel so sorry for myself.
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