Hey everyone! I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to make my official announcement. I've been trying to write up a birth story today and wanted to get a bunch of pictures uploaded first. The birth story is not done and is already really long, but it'll be good when it's done, I promise!
Anyway, official stats!
Natalie Claire
September 1, 2009
12:07am
5lbs 8.4oz
17" long
She is doing very well despite being so tiny. She has started eating from both boobies at one meal and has made the switch from the icky poops to breast milk poops and we have not had to supplement her at all. My boobs are rock hard and huge and I'm in a lot of pain, but I'm pushing through it to give my baby girl lots of yummy boobie juice!
She has had to have blood tests done every day to check her bili levels and today they were 14. They're high, but not too bad so she doesn't need to go under the lamp and we should be done with the testing. She's a bit yellow, but slowly she's turning pink In the hospital she also had to have her blood sugar checked every 3-6 hours, and even though it was really low sometimes it never went below the normal range so that was good.
At her appointment today she weighed 5lbs 1oz and if she goes under 5lbs we'll have to start supplementing, but I don't think that should be an issue b/c my milk is mostly in and she is a piggy, eating every 1-2 hours. I don't like feeding on demand but I need to with her b/c she's so tiny. Night time hasn't been too bad, but she's also been a really heavy sleeper b/c of the bili levels but now that she is getting better with that she is staying awake more so I'm not sure what tonight will bring.
Also, she measured at 19" instead of 17" inches, so she's a bit longer than they originally measured! I'm just not going to mess with the birth stats b/c I like to be official
Overall Timmy is doing very well with her. He has some jealous moments and is obsessed with her paci, but he loves to gently pet her and give her smoochies. He's a big time Daddy's boy and doesn't want much to do with me right now.
I have missed so much and I have so much to catch up on! I'll do my best to go through threads in the next few days, please bear with me! I hope to be back to my hostly duties soon! I miss you guys!
Here are some pictures (most of you have seen these on facebook). To see all my pics, click on the flickr link in my siggy.
She's flipping gorgeous.
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