We spent our first night together last night in a Transition Room at Mission! Henry was such a good baby!! He was asleep by 8:30, and got woken up at 10:10 for his antibiotics. They found that his vein was not good anymore in his head, and then he proceeded to get stuck in various places on his body for the next hour and a half...the poor baby was not happy! Mommy and Daddy were just about as unhappy as he was! We felt so bad for him! Once they got him stuck, and the IV started a lactation consultant came up and helped Henry and I nurse! He was able to do it without the nipple shield, and I was so thankful for this HUGE step in our nursing success! He only nursed about 10 minutes, and then we decided to go ahead and give him a bottle--because he was so upset! I wanted to end our "nursing session" on a good note, rather than an unhappy screaming frustrated note! He finished his bottle, and would not fall back asleep...we had to top him off at 1:40am...after that though, he slept straight through to 5:30. Mommy got up to pump, and so when he got up at 5:30, we didn't nurse, he just had another bottle.
Henry gets compliments all the time from the nurses and doctors, saying that he is such a cute, handsome boy. He has also heard several times how he looks like a Henry. I wasn't so sure at first, but Henry definitely does fit him. He's growing into it mighty fast! Speaking of growing--little man weighs 8lbs 5 oz. The lactation consultants want to see him back to his pre-birth weight by the time he is 2 weeks old. That means he has another week to gain 10 ozs...we'll see if he can do it! I have confidence he can--this boy likes to eat!
This morning, Henry fed from both boobs, emptying one, and getting some out of the other one. In a few minutes he will be waking up, and will be ready to try our hand at nursing again. He and I are both gaining confidence more and more each time we nurse.
Besides being hungry, and getting stuck, he is such a happy boy. Because he won't empty both breasts yet, feedings take FOREVER. He started getting fed this morning at 9:00, and we didn't end up going to sleep until 10:15ish. But, he is a happy boy, and so we will count our blessings! He really only cries when he is hungry, and even then the crying is manageable.
Hopefully tomorrow we will be going to Grandpa and Grandma's to spend Wednesday and Thursday nights. We will go to our house either on Friday or Saturday. Mommy wants some time to adjust with having a baby with Grandma nearby...she has LOADS of experience. Plus, we might just need some help getting nursing going fully. Daddy is taking tomorrow off of work so he will be with us when we get to go home!! We are all so very excited!!! Henry continues to be such a huge blessing to both Carl and I--we love him to pieces and can't imagine life without him! We are so ready to show him all sorts of great things!
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