Bidding You Farewell! - Page 3

[BlueMonday]

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happy birthday little Erin!!

and lots of speedy recovery vibes for mama

[Grumpy72_ga]

"So has your milk come in? "

Yes slowly.

"How much pumping are you doing? "

I'm aiming for every 2-3 hours and happy if can make it every 3-4. With bp issues and older kids around, both my sanity and health are important... so I'm taking it slow and not beating myself up! She will be a champion breastfeeder. My doula who didn't make it for the delivery has offered her services there instead and has also give some ideas to make things easier for us.... so we'll work the angles.

"It must be terribly strange to have left her behind, even though she is in fabulous & caring hands. "

Sadly, I've done it before. My middle spent 7.5 months in hospital from birth, so its kinda old hat - horribly. We'll take it in stride, I know she's in good hands... and I know she is doing well and that is really important.

"How long are they expecting your BP to stay elevated? How is your c-section healing?"

It is healing faster this time. I guess the 3rd time is the charm. Don't know about the bps, I think I need to be super careful, I'm on meds but I think I need to get to a comfort spot ... now that I have an idea of where to go looking for what is happening ... it helps.

Spiritedmama, nope her hair is soft and downy and not sticking up. LOL! But it still cracks me up that she has such a head of hair... she'll probably lose it all... all the others did!

Christine, Doc T was amazing through the whole ordeal... just wish I could have been a more reasonable and ideal patient. LOL!

Here is little ET (yesterday)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...Picture008.jpg

We got to hold her today... both dh and I. They think she'll go back under the bili lights cause the jaundice is still present, but I'm not worried about that... Just need her to tolerate feeds and grow... so I can have her home soon!

[dislocator3972]

She is just stunning. DH and I just stared at her for a minute. So beautiful. Congratulations again!

[marlygf]

Wow, what a cute little baby. She doesn't even look really early!

[mamaheids]

Congrats on beautiful baby Erin!:

[LilWin]

She's so beautiful!! Many congratulations, I hope Erin can come home soon and you will heal quickly too. Lots of strength for the pumping (hang in there!) and working through all the emotions.

[saoirse2007]

Erin is a good strong name...well suited

tell the girls that Tara was a fabulous choice, you must be very proud of them!

She is as lovely as her names suggest

[spiritedmama]

She's beautiful! I love her black hair! I am so glad that you got to hold her!

[NaturalMindedMomma]

AWWWW OMG SHE IS SOOOOOO ADORABLE. She looks fantastic. I hope you get to take her home so soon. Good job on the pumping. Your attitude is fantastic.

[thorn]

oh she is beautiful, what a wee little lass!!! Take it easy and please, let me know if you need anything

[Amanda Williams]

Ah, she looks like a sweet little cuddle bug, no doubt she'll take to the breast when she can. Thanks for the updates!

[Raene]

She's so darling.

[Kutie.Pie]

I never told you congrats... CONGRATS! She's such a beautiful baby! I'm so glad to hear that she's doing okay though. I was looking at the picture and it's hard to imagine for me that a baby is really inside! I know from the kicks that he's there, but to actually see a baby from another mother in the ddc makes everything feel so suddenly realistic almost. I'm also a FTM, so I'm still new to the entire experience.

I hope that she starts growing quickly and can go home sooner than expected. Girls tend to do better than boy from what I've heard. I still can't get over how sweet she looks. Such a pretty little girl!

[Michigan Mama]

She is totally beautiful, Grumpy. : )

[Jilian]

She is beautiful and looks like she is doing well. When I was pumping for DS2 when he was in the hospital the LC told me to aim for every 3 hours or so during the day but to only pump once at night. When I started doing that I felt a lot better. I didn't have many issues getting my nighttime supply up to where it needed to be when he came home either. I also wanted to let you know I have LOADS of mother's milk tea that traditional medicinals sends me for free (for being a labor doula) and I'd be more than happy to ship you some if you need it to help increase your supply. It is sealed in packets of 2. PM me if you'd like some.

[GenomicsGirl]

Seeing her picture took my breath away - she's adorable!!! And how wonderful to hear that you've been able to hold her My 3rd c-section was my easiest as well - for me, though, I think it had to do with the fact that I never went into full-blown active labour, so no pushing, or anything, just the surgery.

I wish her continued health and PLEASE keep us updated! My 3rd was the 1st born in our DDC and I just dropped out because I felt out of place in the "wrong" month. Please stay around!

[August09baby]

Congratulations ::: and welcome to the world Erin. She is beautiful. Be gentle with yourself and give yourself a lot of time for healing. You sound like you are doing well. I wish you a peaceful recovery and hope that baby Erin is home soon

[mommaof5]

Congratulations! She is beautiful! How did you know that your blood pressure suddenly sky rocketed? Did you have headaches or sudden swelling? So glad this is having a good turn out the name of your post scared me too!

[ombrooklyn]

Awe, congrats! She is very beautiful mama.
Feel good!

[Grumpy72_ga]

Originally Posted by mommaof5

....... How did you know that your blood pressure suddenly sky rocketed? Did you have headaches or sudden swelling? So glad this is having a good turn out the name of your post scared me too!

I had no symptoms. I had been monitoring my bp at home at the doctor's request as I have classic white coat syndrome (issues at the doctor office) and my monitor had stopped reading me on Tuesday (both user error and likely now that I think about it increased blood pressure!) I hit the doctor's office on Thursday morning and the nurse had a conniption fit and then looked at my urine and flipped! The nurse refused to take my bp and made the doctor do it!

I had minimal gradual swelling (not unusual for me in a summer pregnancy.) I had no headaches, and NO SYMPTOMS. It was truly a good coincidence I had this appointment on Thursday morning - because I went downhill very very quickly! And we had just enough time to get the 2 lung maturity steroid injections in the 48 hour period before her delivery.

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They have increased her feeds again and hopefully soon We'll be able to start feeding her by mouth instead of NG tube.

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Jilian, thanks for reminding about the TM MM Tea... I'll have to pick some of that this afternoon when dh goes shopping. Completely forgot, and I used it with all my girls! LOL!

FWIW, I'm happy to report my bp is on a downward trend though the morning one remains disturbingly high (IMO) So it makes me happy to know that I did the right thing in pressuring him to send me home, I think I'd be worse off had I stayed in an environment unfriendly toward my sanity!

Mom's if there is one thing that I have learned in the 4 children that I have had... it is trust your instincts. If you feel something is wrong voice it, get some opinions, get ideas talk... talk talk and follow that gut. Eventually you'll learn when to trust it. I truly wanted a vaginal birth. I truly wanted to prove to myself that I could VBA2Cs and I probably could have but at risk to myself - I know that ET would have made it with no issues... but something in my gut made me pull out all the stops. Yes I had a panic attack (several actually!), but there was more happening that I can't put into words or ever explain.

Trust your instincts.