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Amanda - Uh oh, feel better & hope it's nothing!
Katrina - Chart looks great lady! I've got my fx for you
I think I remember someone asking how Leah's 2 week check-up went & someone asked about my pain. Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything/anyone else.
So Leah's 2 week appointment was yesterday morning and it went great
She was born weighing 6lbs 3oz, 19.2" long. She was discharged at 5lbs 9oz. At 5 days old she weighed 5lbs 11oz. Well yesterday she weighed in at 6lbs 11oz (gained a whole lb in 6 days!!! thank you formula!) and was 19.5" long. Her head circumference increased slightly as well. She shows no signs of jaundice either. Early yesterday morning her umbilical cord fell off and there's still a bit of pus in it. Her doc said we have 72 hours for it to dry up on its' own otherwise we have to come back in for him to apply a chemical to dry it up. I asked about her always sleeping and he said it's nothing to worry about, especially since she's not jaundiced. Said just to rouse her every 3 hours, get her to open her eyes and look at us and then if she falls back asleep that's okay. Just to keep her from staying in a very deep sleep for too long. We go back in 6 weeks for her 2 month appointment and shots
As for my pain, it's still there. I'm 2 weeks pp today and while the pain is getting better, it's most definitely still there. The incision doesn't burn as much anymore and some of the steri-strips have come off but the rest seem pretty stuck on there. I vaguely remember the nurse saying I could remove them after 2 weeks if they remained but a nurse friend told me I need to let them stay on until the fall off naturally. I had steri-strips when I had surgery on my collarbone after I broke it a few years ago, but I think I only had 3 or 4 and they came off almost entirely on their own, so I just removed them the rest of the way myself. I'll give them a few more days and then we'll see. I may remove them. They make it so itchy and I'd love to get back to my normal shaving routines lol.
But the pain - the incision isn't so bad anymore as far as the burning pain goes but it still aches. It's more of a deep ache. Hannah's been pretty rough with climbing on me and every time she hits it, makes it worse. I've been picking her up a little here & there (I'm officially allowed to as of today) but if I hold her for too long, it aches pretty bad. I'm still bleeding which is really annoying. It's nowhere near as bad as with a vaginal delivery and I've had virtually no clots since they suctioned everything out during the c/s.
Morgan & anyone else who had a previous c/s --- how long did you bleed for? How long after that did your cycles start back up?
I still have to call and schedule my 6 week pp appointment. I should probably do that tomorrow lol.
I only have 1 more day where it's just me and Leah home during the day. I'm both excited and terrified of next week. It's been nice to have my mom watching Hannah. My grandma had Hannah from Thursday (day of surgery) until Sunday, then my mom had her from Sunday to Friday of last week. She came home for the weekend & then this week, she's been at my mom's during the day and comes home when Tyler gets off work. So I've always had him here with me when both girls have been home. But starting Monday, it's just me and both girls by myself and to make it worse, he's on a 10am-7pm schedule next week. It'll be nice to have him here in the morning to help with Hannah's breakfast before he has to leave which may allow me a little more sleep in the morning but then he won't be home until dinner/bedtime (for Hannah) and I foresee myself becoming very overwhelmed. Especially since Hannah's been a total pain in the ass every evening. She just seriously refuses to listen. I absolutely hate the terrible two's and dread the 3's because they're even worse.
I think I had more to write but then I got distracted for 20 minutes on Facebook and totally lost my train of thought lol.
Katrina - Chart looks great lady! I've got my fx for you
I think I remember someone asking how Leah's 2 week check-up went & someone asked about my pain. Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything/anyone else.
So Leah's 2 week appointment was yesterday morning and it went great
She was born weighing 6lbs 3oz, 19.2" long. She was discharged at 5lbs 9oz. At 5 days old she weighed 5lbs 11oz. Well yesterday she weighed in at 6lbs 11oz (gained a whole lb in 6 days!!! thank you formula!) and was 19.5" long. Her head circumference increased slightly as well. She shows no signs of jaundice either. Early yesterday morning her umbilical cord fell off and there's still a bit of pus in it. Her doc said we have 72 hours for it to dry up on its' own otherwise we have to come back in for him to apply a chemical to dry it up. I asked about her always sleeping and he said it's nothing to worry about, especially since she's not jaundiced. Said just to rouse her every 3 hours, get her to open her eyes and look at us and then if she falls back asleep that's okay. Just to keep her from staying in a very deep sleep for too long. We go back in 6 weeks for her 2 month appointment and shots
As for my pain, it's still there. I'm 2 weeks pp today and while the pain is getting better, it's most definitely still there. The incision doesn't burn as much anymore and some of the steri-strips have come off but the rest seem pretty stuck on there. I vaguely remember the nurse saying I could remove them after 2 weeks if they remained but a nurse friend told me I need to let them stay on until the fall off naturally. I had steri-strips when I had surgery on my collarbone after I broke it a few years ago, but I think I only had 3 or 4 and they came off almost entirely on their own, so I just removed them the rest of the way myself. I'll give them a few more days and then we'll see. I may remove them. They make it so itchy and I'd love to get back to my normal shaving routines lol.
But the pain - the incision isn't so bad anymore as far as the burning pain goes but it still aches. It's more of a deep ache. Hannah's been pretty rough with climbing on me and every time she hits it, makes it worse. I've been picking her up a little here & there (I'm officially allowed to as of today) but if I hold her for too long, it aches pretty bad. I'm still bleeding which is really annoying. It's nowhere near as bad as with a vaginal delivery and I've had virtually no clots since they suctioned everything out during the c/s.
Morgan & anyone else who had a previous c/s --- how long did you bleed for? How long after that did your cycles start back up?
I still have to call and schedule my 6 week pp appointment. I should probably do that tomorrow lol.
I only have 1 more day where it's just me and Leah home during the day. I'm both excited and terrified of next week. It's been nice to have my mom watching Hannah. My grandma had Hannah from Thursday (day of surgery) until Sunday, then my mom had her from Sunday to Friday of last week. She came home for the weekend & then this week, she's been at my mom's during the day and comes home when Tyler gets off work. So I've always had him here with me when both girls have been home. But starting Monday, it's just me and both girls by myself and to make it worse, he's on a 10am-7pm schedule next week. It'll be nice to have him here in the morning to help with Hannah's breakfast before he has to leave which may allow me a little more sleep in the morning but then he won't be home until dinner/bedtime (for Hannah) and I foresee myself becoming very overwhelmed. Especially since Hannah's been a total pain in the ass every evening. She just seriously refuses to listen. I absolutely hate the terrible two's and dread the 3's because they're even worse.
I think I had more to write but then I got distracted for 20 minutes on Facebook and totally lost my train of thought lol.
Ooops. CD14 aswell!
Glad they are doing some tests! I know what yoi mean about having the appointment there. I had to keep going for appointments and sitting with pregnant ladies and seeing the magazines and such. And ut sucked so much. They need a special place! Fx for answers soon!
