Riley's definitely getting the hang of BFing although he still has his moment every feeding where he wants my finger instead..
I'm starting to get emptied out.. I pumped this morning and didn't even fill the bottle half way after it had been 7 hours since I last pumped
Oh.. and some WONDERFUL news!!
Riley is coming home today!!!(maybe)
The only reason he wouldn't be is if they want to move him up to the pediatric floor where I spend the night with him there in some little room and he still has a nurse come take care of him but I'd be all on my own.. Which my parents are going to try and convince them to just let me take him home since they'll both be there and there's no point in him spending an extra day there because they're suppose to do it the night before discharging which should of been last night but they were still unsure if it was going to be tomorrow..
But they switched him to an "open crib" yesterday and wanted to watch his billiruban levels and make sure they don't climb back up but otherwise that was it
I went for three of his feedings yesterday and he did around 10 minutes on each side and never had to switch him to a bottle or anything he filled himself right up
Last night I went there at 9pm for his feeding and planned on just holding him for awhile after and letting him sleep in my arms like I do for a little while usually but I end up making my dad sit there and wait longer so this time I told him to just drop me off and I'll call when I'm done..
Well, Only problem is I got stuck with this one nurse.. and I swear she does this just because I'm young because I never see her do it with the other moms but she checks in like every 10 seconds to see if hes latched and if I say he's not or I say he's not CURRENTLY sucking she tells me to do 20 different things which I've already heard about doing and have been doing to keep him awake and nursing and such.. It really annoys the hell outta me it's like as soon as he's not latched for 5 seconds she has this tone of voice and is telling me to burp him or something
It's been almost a week I think I know these things by now!!
Anyway, as SOON as I was done nursing I put him up with his head on my chest for him to rest with skin to skin contact which I absolutely love
Two seconds later she asks how he's doing and I said he's done because he had around 10 minutes on each side and next thing I know she's taking him away from me and putting him back in his crib
Most nurses just let me hold him for awhile only time they took him away again is if it's been to long and they want him back under the lights or because of like IVs or something (which neither was the case since they had him off both)
I really just think it's because I'm young she seems to have this attitude toward me that I don't know anything.. All the other nurses are wonderful though (especially the ones that took care of me) and none of them seem judgmental towards my age (Although my mom said a couple nurses in the beginning when they first started their shift with me seemed to think I was a little slow but immediately caught on that YES I'm smart and mature and YES I'm going through all this pain and not begging for drugs or calling them constantly for something)
I almost wanted to cry though she just snatched my baby away and like I said at this point I had him out of a BFing hold and I wasn't like handing him out to her she just saw how I was holding him and smiled for like 2 seconds then reached down and took him away.. the witch..
Sorry a bit of a rant in that update that just really irritated me because the last times I nursed him they let me hold him for a very long time after and this time she just snatched him away like she thought I WANTED to just hand him over and go home
the wholeee rest of the night I missed him like crazy (not saying I don't usually but usually if I get to hold him for a while it helps that need and I can just think back to holding him when I miss him) so since I didn't get to cuddle with him at all I was just so depressed
It was like as soon as I saw he was her nurse for the night I immediately remembered she was "one of them"