General chatter while we wait (and commentary on the "pull out method")

[shaescott]

Gigs ohhhh my goodness he is so cute. I’m sorry his oxygen has been a bit of a roadblock. Prayers that it resolves soon and he gets to come home ASAP

 

[gigglebox]

Grrr bnb not letting me post the story arg will try again later

 

[HalfricanMa]

What a cutie @gigglebox!! I imagine it would be so tough to have limited everything. Prayers he recovers quickly and can stay stuck to ya!

 

[shaescott]

Keep the baby photos coming (when you get a chance), it’s a great distraction from the fact that I’m bleeding heavily

Spoiler: Disgusting slightly funny TMI AF story lmao

So I’ve been using a menstrual disc because it’s so convenient, I don’t have to carry around tampons, it just empties out when I bear down on the toilet. Anyway, after doing that, I took it out all the way to rinse it out (I try to do that like twice a day), and after rinsing it I realized the bathroom sink drain was blocked. There was a frickin 2 inch long clot/uterine tissue blocking the drain. I had to pull it out. Womanhood is… interesting.

 

[gigglebox]

 

[gigglebox]

Sorry pics was the only was I could post the story! Hope y’all can read it

 

[Jules8]

@gigglebox Congratulations!!! He’s so precious! I’m sorry he had some NoCU time, but hopefully it’s brief and you both get to go home soon. You did amazing!

 

[autumnal]

Congratulations!!! Wow he is such a cute baby. I'm sorry he had to go to the NICU, I hope he is 100 percent soon and gets to go home right away!! And go easy on yourself too, you've been through a lot. Hope you are recovering well.

 

[RedRose19]

awww congratulations, im sorry hes in the nicu, i know how hard that is, i hope you can see the only plus sign is hopefully you get chance to rest abit. hes a cutie though! i saw it alot in my nicu babies coming from section and needed oxygen for a day or two then are usually fine
they just like to be extra cautious. try get as much skin to skin as you can it will help with the bonding and milk side of things

 

[gigglebox]

Thanks @RedRose19 I’ve been thinking of you during this time. How are you and little miss?

Baby is still in NICU but making forward progress we hope. He is unfortunately mostly under a helmet so we haven’t gotten to hold him as much as I wish I could. I have had a couple chances though which I have loved but most of the time he has to lay under the “space helmet”.

Milk is coming in which is great for baby but also really uncomfortable for me…I need him to get the hindmilk out, otherwise my boobs are just super firm up top. Alas, for now I’m pumping and hand expressing bedt I can.

 

[shaescott]

Gigs is there a reason they can’t give him a nasal cannula so that you can hold him for extended periods of time? I’m just wondering if there’s a way :/ if they haven’t mentioned it, it could be worth asking?

 

[gigglebox]

So this is a “lower level” nicu and they actually don’t have the nasal cannula. They have one cpap in OR for urgent needs (which he sis briefly use) but none in nicu. Actually the nurses as well as the ped doctor were lamenting to me how they’ve been waiting for nearly 7 months for one (that’s when they were told they would be getting a machine or two). Super frustrating!

I did get to hold him a little early this morning while a nurse held a mask near his face…

But best update is I got to feed him this morning myself and he’s been off the oxygen for awhile now, going on 4+ hours which is the longest yet he’s resting now and they’ll call me back for his next feeding. If he can make it through the feed and remains off the oxygen, he can come back to our room and hopefully we can all be out of here tomorrow!

 

[autumnal]

Praying you go home tomorrow