Hello ladies... Sorry for the delay in posting but we've had quite a weekend!
So Oliver was born Friday night after some delay from dr, etc. the c section went perfectly and I am recovering like a champ. I can get up and walk around, I'm just on Motrin, and have minimal pain and bleeding. Dh has been sick and after the birth he started to feel terrible so he went down to the ER and got himself checked out. He was given antibiotics and just had to wear a mask for the first 24 hours around the baby.
Saturday Oliver was circumcised and because of it, he decided to stop eating. Poor guy went almost 8 hours ad after much tears we finally had to give him formula just to get him to eat something. We had a terrible night with him that included him crying so hard he threw up on himself. Dh has been on diaper duty and had a rough time as well as baby would freak out. It got so bad that I started to get sick and had such bad anxiety I got really nauseous. They had to take Oliver back to the nursery because I was so poorly, and I felt like a terrible mom. My iV had already been removed and so to get anti nausea meds represcribed as a pill was a drawn out ordeal. Meanwhile I'm trying to not have to puke because of my incision. My parents came in, sent dh home to sleep and shower, and finally I started to feel better.
Yesterday was a much better day with Oliver back to bf'ibg like a champ. The lactation consultant here has been a godsend. Diapers were calm, baby was happy, and dh and I didn't feel as inept at being parents. Oliver is a great baby who seems to be able to sleep though anything and is extremely alert. The nurses all comment that he doesn't sleep as much as some of the other babies since he is busy just staring at the world. When being burped he tries to pick up his head a lot and he has these big gorgeous eyes that just take in everything.
However, last night after a feeding he had to go to the nursery for routine vitals. They offered to keep him until the next feeding so we could try and get a little sleep. They came back 15 minutes later with a pediatrician. Apparently Oliver spiked a fever and they were worried about infection, particularly because I'm gbs positive. Apparently it's rare but it can become an issue with a c section. They needed to run labs for urine, blood, and brain infections including testing fluid from his spine. We were taken down to the special care nursery and told that he will have antibiotics for at least the next 48 hours as well. He looked so tiny in there and was crying and it was more than dh and I could handle. Welcome to being a parent, I guess. We were told to go back to our room, sleep, and they would update us. We came back, had a big cry, called our parents, and went to bed. Pediatrician did come back in after a bit and said that she couldn't get any urine and he was dehydrated. She thinks that why he has a fever and hopefully does not have an infection at all. We'll go down there in a bit to check on him and see if there's any more information. The good news is even with an infection it would not cause any damage. But it made me feel awful that I somehow infected him and now I'm going to be constantly scared about his temp.
Otherwise things are good... We are terrified of being parents but that is normal. We are looking forward to hopefully going home tomorrow. Breast feeding I knew wouldn't be easy but it's really tough. My nipples are sore and we had some big frustrations that were just now getting resolved before tonight's issues. Not sure what he will be like today with it but they ordered a pump for me to use just in case.
It sounds like things are moving along for everyone here. A big congrats to Sonia- so happy it went well after all that worry. It's funny that both of us ended up with 7 pounders after all of that! It sounds like we may have some more announcements coming up soon, too! I will be following even if I can't post right away and of course will be on Facebook as well to see the news.
