He weighs 5.74 lbs today. This pic was two days ago, but you can tell he that his cheeks are getting a little bigger.
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Sunday, December 31, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Baby steps.
WE GOT TO HOLD HIM TODAY!! Here's some extra !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! because that is how happy I am.
He is off all the oxygen. The only tubes he has attached is one going into his nose and down to his tummy (to help with feeding) And one IV line so they can give him extra goodies and take his blood if they need to.
Now that he is breathing on his own and his lungs look so good and he is off the lights because his Jaundice went away, they decided we could try breastfeeding. Poor little guy was all tuckered out today though so feeding didn't go very well. Now his body has to work on its own to breath and keep a good temperature going, and that is hard work so he is very sleepy most of the time.
We tried at noon and again at three, but both times he was passed out cold so he didn't really want to eat, let alone learn HOW to eat. We got to hold him while he was getting his lunch through the tube. We're going back at 9PM to see if he's more awake to eat.
So from now on its working on eating and keeping his body temp up as well as strong breating after all the stress of being moved and held to eat.
He has 5 days of Antibiotics to help clear up the pnemonia and keep him strong.... if all is good in 5 days and he can eat on his own by then... then we get to take him home.. so hopefully by Tuesday... keep your fingers crossed!
oh, and Kevin and I look pretty funny in those pics below... give us some slack, we're pretty tired.
He is off all the oxygen. The only tubes he has attached is one going into his nose and down to his tummy (to help with feeding) And one IV line so they can give him extra goodies and take his blood if they need to.
Now that he is breathing on his own and his lungs look so good and he is off the lights because his Jaundice went away, they decided we could try breastfeeding. Poor little guy was all tuckered out today though so feeding didn't go very well. Now his body has to work on its own to breath and keep a good temperature going, and that is hard work so he is very sleepy most of the time.
We tried at noon and again at three, but both times he was passed out cold so he didn't really want to eat, let alone learn HOW to eat. We got to hold him while he was getting his lunch through the tube. We're going back at 9PM to see if he's more awake to eat.
So from now on its working on eating and keeping his body temp up as well as strong breating after all the stress of being moved and held to eat.
He has 5 days of Antibiotics to help clear up the pnemonia and keep him strong.... if all is good in 5 days and he can eat on his own by then... then we get to take him home.. so hopefully by Tuesday... keep your fingers crossed!
oh, and Kevin and I look pretty funny in those pics below... give us some slack, we're pretty tired.
All Good News!
This morning the hospital called to ask that we go to the lab and get blood drawn to do some tests on our blood. They're checking to see if there is some sort of genetic blood abnormality that is causing Aiden's platelettes (sp?) to be low. The doctor thinks its caused by being so sick, and its just taking time to get normal, but we got lab work done just in case. I found out that Aiden has my blood type o+.
This morning we went to see him and they decided to start feeding him today again through the tube in his tummy. They said that his X Ray looked really good and that his lungs are doing much better and look good, except for one small spot of Pnemonia. She said that pnemonia is common in babies that asperate meconium and she thinks that will go away quickly. They also started lowering the oxygen level to ween him down to room air.
During the afternoon visit, they had taken him down to 30% oxygen and had reported that he is taking well to having a full tummy.
By our 9pm visit, Aiden was completely off oxygen. He didn't have any tubes going into his nose and no hood on his head. He is breathing entirely on his own and when we got there he was totally awake. He was looking all over the place. They had him laying on his tummy and he was alert and happy with his little pacifier in his mouth. It was so great to see his little face. Until tonight, all we got to see was his mouth and tip of his nose. While we were with him, he got tired and fell asleep. I got to touch him and play with his little hands and feel his hair, which he doesn't have too much of, but what is there is light brown.
They're going to give him his first bath tonight around 3am. One nurse said we may even get to hold him tomorrow!! Do you know how long I've been waiting to hold him! about 10 months now! But the Doctor said it was a "Tenitive Maybe" whatever that is. In the next couple of days, if all continues to go good, we'll get to start breastfeeding.
I'm bringing my camera tomorrw because he looks so much better now without those nasty tubes.
Wish us luck!
This morning we went to see him and they decided to start feeding him today again through the tube in his tummy. They said that his X Ray looked really good and that his lungs are doing much better and look good, except for one small spot of Pnemonia. She said that pnemonia is common in babies that asperate meconium and she thinks that will go away quickly. They also started lowering the oxygen level to ween him down to room air.
During the afternoon visit, they had taken him down to 30% oxygen and had reported that he is taking well to having a full tummy.
By our 9pm visit, Aiden was completely off oxygen. He didn't have any tubes going into his nose and no hood on his head. He is breathing entirely on his own and when we got there he was totally awake. He was looking all over the place. They had him laying on his tummy and he was alert and happy with his little pacifier in his mouth. It was so great to see his little face. Until tonight, all we got to see was his mouth and tip of his nose. While we were with him, he got tired and fell asleep. I got to touch him and play with his little hands and feel his hair, which he doesn't have too much of, but what is there is light brown.
They're going to give him his first bath tonight around 3am. One nurse said we may even get to hold him tomorrow!! Do you know how long I've been waiting to hold him! about 10 months now! But the Doctor said it was a "Tenitive Maybe" whatever that is. In the next couple of days, if all continues to go good, we'll get to start breastfeeding.
I'm bringing my camera tomorrw because he looks so much better now without those nasty tubes.
Wish us luck!
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Who knew that it was possible to love 5 lbs of anything SOOOOOOO much!
If you've been under a rock (or off celebrating Christmas like normal people..) Read THIS before continuing. Its Kevin's blog the past couple of days to update you so i don't have to repeat everything.
I got to come home today. I have mixed feelings about this. I'm happy because I get to sleep in my own bed and heal. But I HATED having to come home without Aiden. I hate it more than anything. I don't know what the hell to do with myself. I feel like I can't just sit at home and do nothing. I feel like I should be at the hospital with him and do SOMETHING, ANYTHING. But I'm stuck at home and I know this is going to drive me crazy, its only been one day and I don't know how I'm going to deal with it tomorrow. Although we can visit Aiden any time we want to, We really can't just sit and stare at him for too long. I can't sleep.
Like everyone else, I have always thought that a mothers/fathers touch is some of the best medicine for sick little babies. But thats just not the case. Too much touch can stress the wee one out and cause his breathing to be off or his heart rate change. Right now his little body just likes to lay under the lights and slowly heal itself. The hardest part is being so close, but not being able to touch him too much. I want to scoop him up and give him tons of kisses and that is not an urge a person usually has to fight off.
I'm pumping for him so when he is able to start eating, he can get all the good stuff. It makes me happy that pumping is one way I can help him and makes me feel a little less helpless and out of control.
UPDATE:
We went to visit him tonight. They found air between his lung and chest walls. There's a fancy word for it- but basically it happens in most babies that swallowed menconium. They took him off the CPAP and put just his headunder a "hood" which is a hard cicle plastic thing (that resembles the cover to a room service tray or cake holder) then 100% oxygen is pumped into the hood. This helps take the pressure of forced air (from the CPAP) off his lung so that it can inflate completely again.
Kevin is better at explaining the medical stuff.
Bottom line- even with the small lung problem (that is easily fixed) he is doing better today than he was yesterday. Thats all that matters. We're going back to the hospital tomorrow morning for a visit. I'll probably update on my blog everyday being that Its something to keep me busy.
I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.
I got to come home today. I have mixed feelings about this. I'm happy because I get to sleep in my own bed and heal. But I HATED having to come home without Aiden. I hate it more than anything. I don't know what the hell to do with myself. I feel like I can't just sit at home and do nothing. I feel like I should be at the hospital with him and do SOMETHING, ANYTHING. But I'm stuck at home and I know this is going to drive me crazy, its only been one day and I don't know how I'm going to deal with it tomorrow. Although we can visit Aiden any time we want to, We really can't just sit and stare at him for too long. I can't sleep.
Like everyone else, I have always thought that a mothers/fathers touch is some of the best medicine for sick little babies. But thats just not the case. Too much touch can stress the wee one out and cause his breathing to be off or his heart rate change. Right now his little body just likes to lay under the lights and slowly heal itself. The hardest part is being so close, but not being able to touch him too much. I want to scoop him up and give him tons of kisses and that is not an urge a person usually has to fight off.
I'm pumping for him so when he is able to start eating, he can get all the good stuff. It makes me happy that pumping is one way I can help him and makes me feel a little less helpless and out of control.
UPDATE:
We went to visit him tonight. They found air between his lung and chest walls. There's a fancy word for it- but basically it happens in most babies that swallowed menconium. They took him off the CPAP and put just his headunder a "hood" which is a hard cicle plastic thing (that resembles the cover to a room service tray or cake holder) then 100% oxygen is pumped into the hood. This helps take the pressure of forced air (from the CPAP) off his lung so that it can inflate completely again.
Kevin is better at explaining the medical stuff.
Bottom line- even with the small lung problem (that is easily fixed) he is doing better today than he was yesterday. Thats all that matters. We're going back to the hospital tomorrow morning for a visit. I'll probably update on my blog everyday being that Its something to keep me busy.
I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.
Friday, December 22, 2006
ARG!!
As you can see by the simple fact that I posted.... I was not induced today. The story goes a little something like this....
wake up at 5am. Well, kind of wake up... I didn't sleep well at all so I was up every hour thinking about how I need to get up at 5 am....
I called the hospital to make sure I'm still "on" for my appointment. They tell me that they can't fit me in this morning because they got 5 new moms coming in in active labor...and that they do not have a room or a nurse available to me, and that they had 4 mommys scheduled to be induced today and that out of those 4, I am 2nd in line (according to due date and urgency) so I am "on call" It all depends on how the deliveries that were there already go.
She told me she would keep me updated and that they will call me later in the day. SHe told me to eat lightly.
I wake up Kevin, tell him the bad news, and go back to bed. I slept much better after that. I woke up at 9 again and waited for a call. Ate breakfast... waited for a call. At noon Kevin called to see what the next step was if we DIDN'T get in today.
They said they would get a hold of my doctor and they would call back... well they didn't so I called at 1:30. Dr. Brown was in surgery so she said she'd call back.
She never called AGAIN.
I called and it was a different charge nurse who didn't know the whole situation and I had to explain everything to her. She looking in the computer and saw that someone scheduled me for an appointment for next Thursday (the 28th) 9 days after my due date. She said "Its just like today, we can't guarantee that you'll be able to come in that day"
She was rude and we don't like her.
By "we" I mean you too. You don't like this nurse either.
She didn't know if I should see Dr. Brown anytime BEFORE next thursday.
So I called the Doctors office to speak to a nurse of something.
They didn't know where my chart was and asked me if I had been to the hospital today.
By this point, I wanted to drive over there and wag my finger at them and "GRRRRR" at them.
"no, I was told I couldn't come in today, but I bet my chart is over at the hospital because I was SUPPOSED to be there today!"
Then I had to repeat myself for the upteeth billionth time and then she got it, and we made an appointment to see my doctor on Tuesday for a Non-Stress Test to see how the baby is and to see if he will be ready to come out next Thursday.
But I'm sure that I'll go into labor on my own by then. So I guess now its a waiting game with nature. I really hope he isn't born on Christmas day. I wouldn't mind the 24th or the 26th ... but please, God, not the 25th.
We have no plans for Christmas other than sit and wait for Aiden to decide he is ready to meet us. My parents are coming and Kevin's parents will too I think.
How was your day?
wake up at 5am. Well, kind of wake up... I didn't sleep well at all so I was up every hour thinking about how I need to get up at 5 am....
I called the hospital to make sure I'm still "on" for my appointment. They tell me that they can't fit me in this morning because they got 5 new moms coming in in active labor...and that they do not have a room or a nurse available to me, and that they had 4 mommys scheduled to be induced today and that out of those 4, I am 2nd in line (according to due date and urgency) so I am "on call" It all depends on how the deliveries that were there already go.
She told me she would keep me updated and that they will call me later in the day. SHe told me to eat lightly.
I wake up Kevin, tell him the bad news, and go back to bed. I slept much better after that. I woke up at 9 again and waited for a call. Ate breakfast... waited for a call. At noon Kevin called to see what the next step was if we DIDN'T get in today.
They said they would get a hold of my doctor and they would call back... well they didn't so I called at 1:30. Dr. Brown was in surgery so she said she'd call back.
She never called AGAIN.
I called and it was a different charge nurse who didn't know the whole situation and I had to explain everything to her. She looking in the computer and saw that someone scheduled me for an appointment for next Thursday (the 28th) 9 days after my due date. She said "Its just like today, we can't guarantee that you'll be able to come in that day"
She was rude and we don't like her.
By "we" I mean you too. You don't like this nurse either.
She didn't know if I should see Dr. Brown anytime BEFORE next thursday.
So I called the Doctors office to speak to a nurse of something.
They didn't know where my chart was and asked me if I had been to the hospital today.
By this point, I wanted to drive over there and wag my finger at them and "GRRRRR" at them.
"no, I was told I couldn't come in today, but I bet my chart is over at the hospital because I was SUPPOSED to be there today!"
Then I had to repeat myself for the upteeth billionth time and then she got it, and we made an appointment to see my doctor on Tuesday for a Non-Stress Test to see how the baby is and to see if he will be ready to come out next Thursday.
But I'm sure that I'll go into labor on my own by then. So I guess now its a waiting game with nature. I really hope he isn't born on Christmas day. I wouldn't mind the 24th or the 26th ... but please, God, not the 25th.
We have no plans for Christmas other than sit and wait for Aiden to decide he is ready to meet us. My parents are coming and Kevin's parents will too I think.
How was your day?
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Friday... maybe.
Well, Baby just doesn't want to come out. Either that or my body doens't want to share him with the rest of the world. I went to my doctors appointment yesterday and Im not dilated. He kept saying "we let the first ones come on their own when they're ready" He said that we'll talk about inducing next week... then Kevin JOKINGLY said "how about tomorrow" So Dr. Brown picked up the phone and called the hospital:
"how does tomorrow look?"
The lady on the other line just laughed and said "no way-we're full tomorrow"
"Thursday?"
"No, even crazier"
"Friday?"
"Um.... 7 A.M is open"
So he made me an appointment for Friday... and that was that I guess.
But here's the important part. I'm not getting induced Friday-but I'm going into the hospital to get this stuff (forgot the name of the stuff... something like Zy...something ...tech applied to my cervix (oh yeah, I'm all full of details....) and if its ready... it'll dilate and hopefully start contractions. Or it could do nothing and then I'll have to wait until next Thursday to be induced with Pitocin. So I guess we could be having a baby Friday. If this stuff works rights away then I'll probably be out of the hospital Sunday but if it works later in the day or that night we'll probably be in the hospital over Christmas. But I can't really ask for a better Christmas present. Our first night home with our baby COULD be Christmas eve-which would be a little wierd. But at least our family will all be here.
So now you know the plan.
"how does tomorrow look?"
The lady on the other line just laughed and said "no way-we're full tomorrow"
"Thursday?"
"No, even crazier"
"Friday?"
"Um.... 7 A.M is open"
So he made me an appointment for Friday... and that was that I guess.
But here's the important part. I'm not getting induced Friday-but I'm going into the hospital to get this stuff (forgot the name of the stuff... something like Zy...something ...tech applied to my cervix (oh yeah, I'm all full of details....) and if its ready... it'll dilate and hopefully start contractions. Or it could do nothing and then I'll have to wait until next Thursday to be induced with Pitocin. So I guess we could be having a baby Friday. If this stuff works rights away then I'll probably be out of the hospital Sunday but if it works later in the day or that night we'll probably be in the hospital over Christmas. But I can't really ask for a better Christmas present. Our first night home with our baby COULD be Christmas eve-which would be a little wierd. But at least our family will all be here.
So now you know the plan.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Attention Baby:
You only have three days left until you are officially due to enter this world. What are you scared of? Seriously, kid, its time to come out. You're more than ready, you can do this!!
I had a doctors appointment on Tuesday. It wasn't my regular doctor (he's out of the country) this doctor said that he doesn't see me going into labor this week. But I still have hope. I really don't want to have a Christmas baby, but my normal doctor said that he waits 5 days after the due date to induce. Unfortunately, Christmas Eve is 5 days after my due date. Dr. Brown said that he would induce me that day.... Christmas Eve. Ah... spending Christmas in the hospital. On a good note I hear the hospital cafiteria has really good monster cookies :)
I had a doctors appointment on Tuesday. It wasn't my regular doctor (he's out of the country) this doctor said that he doesn't see me going into labor this week. But I still have hope. I really don't want to have a Christmas baby, but my normal doctor said that he waits 5 days after the due date to induce. Unfortunately, Christmas Eve is 5 days after my due date. Dr. Brown said that he would induce me that day.... Christmas Eve. Ah... spending Christmas in the hospital. On a good note I hear the hospital cafiteria has really good monster cookies :)
Here is my TUMMY! I'm proud to say that the only thing I photoshopped in this picture is the nasty flash shadows and I took the color out. I didn't photoshop any stretch marks because I surprisingly didn't get many. The small ones I did get, I'm covering up with my hand... my very veiny hand I might ad. :) I must say, I love my pregnant tummy I think its cute :)
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Tacos and a little Wii goes a long way.
Tonight was fun. Butto came to town with his Wii, and we played all night. Blake, Doug, Karissa and Isabella came over and we ate tacos. Isabella was in a very good mood, I got some really cute pics of her below.
Wii is more fun than I thought it would be, now I want one. I like the bowling game and Tennis. Butto only has one remote because we couldn't track another one down in the whole city of Grand Forks... NO ONE had Wii remotes.
Baby room pics below as well. I love the baby room. Its simple but very nice :)
I'm going to go join in the Wii fun... later
Wii is more fun than I thought it would be, now I want one. I like the bowling game and Tennis. Butto only has one remote because we couldn't track another one down in the whole city of Grand Forks... NO ONE had Wii remotes.
Baby room pics below as well. I love the baby room. Its simple but very nice :)
I'm going to go join in the Wii fun... later
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Hope ya don't mind
I took Katie and Andrew's pics last night. Engagement pics. Katie, I hope you don't mind that I posted some of them. it hink they're cute, and you guys look good, so I didn't think you'd mind :)
Friday, December 01, 2006
nope... no baby yet.
I called my mom today and first thing she says "IS THIS THE BIG CALL?!" Nope sorry, just me calling to ask ya somethin'" Janelle called to make sure I was still okay and not in labor.... thanks for all of your good thoughts and well wishes... but nothin' yet.
The nusery is done... I'll have to post some pics. The clothes and blankets are washed and ready to be filled with a baby. My hospital bag is mostly packed... I think we're as ready as we're going to be. We have the boppy pillow (a new mommy must-have says "baby" magazine) on order along with the COMBI (registered trademark symbol here) pack and play portable crib. The guest bedroom is ready for my mom.... anyone else think of anything we're forgetting?
We took a tour of the labor and dilivery floor. We were told, however, that there is going to be construction starting this week lasting for about two to three weeks on that floor so some of the labor rooms will be closed and the post labor rooms ("baby and family" rooms) will be used as delivery rooms... this leaves me with one fear.... i better not have a freakin' roommate. We were told at the classes we went to that the hospital is expecting an abnormally high number of babies to be born in December.... then they go and close some of their rooms.... I don't want a roommate. That means you have to deal with construction noises, no family waiting room, AND a roommate AND her visiting family members AND her screaming child on top of your own screaming child... no thank you.... no thank you one bit. keep your fingers crossed!
As my due date gets closer and closer... I do get more nervous... but I'm really glad that we have things ready. mostly anyway so when we get baby home, we can focus on adjusting to him... instead of scurring around to get things done... or running to the store for forgotten items (thats why we have doug and karissa anyway right?)
We were told that camera and video equipment are not allowed during the birth (I'm assuming they dont' want a lawsuit of somesort in case something goes wrong) so sorry friends and family... no action shots (like I'd let Kevin near me with a camera at that time anyway.... phf)
But anyway, I'm ready... bring on the contractions...and the epidural... I am SOOOO ready for game time!
(yeah... I am in my own little dream world where everything goes as planned and things run smoothly all the time.....cut me some slack people)
The nusery is done... I'll have to post some pics. The clothes and blankets are washed and ready to be filled with a baby. My hospital bag is mostly packed... I think we're as ready as we're going to be. We have the boppy pillow (a new mommy must-have says "baby" magazine) on order along with the COMBI (registered trademark symbol here) pack and play portable crib. The guest bedroom is ready for my mom.... anyone else think of anything we're forgetting?
We took a tour of the labor and dilivery floor. We were told, however, that there is going to be construction starting this week lasting for about two to three weeks on that floor so some of the labor rooms will be closed and the post labor rooms ("baby and family" rooms) will be used as delivery rooms... this leaves me with one fear.... i better not have a freakin' roommate. We were told at the classes we went to that the hospital is expecting an abnormally high number of babies to be born in December.... then they go and close some of their rooms.... I don't want a roommate. That means you have to deal with construction noises, no family waiting room, AND a roommate AND her visiting family members AND her screaming child on top of your own screaming child... no thank you.... no thank you one bit. keep your fingers crossed!
As my due date gets closer and closer... I do get more nervous... but I'm really glad that we have things ready. mostly anyway so when we get baby home, we can focus on adjusting to him... instead of scurring around to get things done... or running to the store for forgotten items (thats why we have doug and karissa anyway right?)
We were told that camera and video equipment are not allowed during the birth (I'm assuming they dont' want a lawsuit of somesort in case something goes wrong) so sorry friends and family... no action shots (like I'd let Kevin near me with a camera at that time anyway.... phf)
But anyway, I'm ready... bring on the contractions...and the epidural... I am SOOOO ready for game time!
(yeah... I am in my own little dream world where everything goes as planned and things run smoothly all the time.....cut me some slack people)
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