Thaddeus Update

Well he is doing really well. He weighed in at 8lbs 14oz today. His pediatrician was extactic about that. He is still having trouble latching on. Dr. Pivor isn't to concerned, because he is still getting my milk. I am pumping and putting in a bottle, as always trying to get him to latch on has become so stressful, that it is easier to pump. The nurse at the pediatrician's office is also a lactation consultant, and encouraged me as to the fact that he is at least getting the breast milk. She did notice that the breast shield that I have is to large, so I need to go back to the VNA office and get a smaller shield, to see if that will help. All in all I think I have a lazy and very stubborn kid, and he is only 2.5 weeks old! He is doing well enough though that he doesn't have to go back until his 2 month appointment.

A big update

Well on May 6th I went into the hospital for an overnight stay to confirm that I did indeed have pre-eclampsia, that stay ended up in my being told that I had severe pre-eclampsia. Before that they did an amniocentisis to determine if Thaddeus' lungs were mature enough to deliver, and if they weren't I was going to be in the hospital on bed rest until they were. Dr. MacVittie found that there was myconium in the fluids and it would mess up the tests. She then looked at the blood pressure readings over the preceding 30 hours and found that I had had 2 blood pressure results that were160 or higher over the 80's. She looked at me and told me that that told her what to do, and that was to deliver Thaddeus.

He was born by C-section at 10:40 pm. He weighed 8lbs 5oz, and was 21 inches long. (Makes me kinda glad he was 3 weeks early)

He had low blood sugar, I was told it was a result of my being on insulin to treat my type 1 diabetes, and it just needed to work out the extra insulin. They fed him a bottle of formula to bring up the blood sugar. He must have been hungary as he drank 30mL, about an ounce. Then we found out that he had Jaundice. So he spent a whole day in the bed for that. The on-call OB that came in to check on me on Sunday, enabled me to be able to also be there by pointing out that I had had some blood sugar spikes, I was thankful to still be a patient for one more day. ( I will have to add the photo of him later where he is under the bilirubin lights as that is on Jeremy's laptop not mine.)We were both discharged on Monday. We are doing well. He is having a hard time latching on for breastfeeding, but part of that is he was tongue tied which made it a very unpleasant experience for both of us. To correct the tongue tied issue we went to an ENT who snipped the frenulum to allow him to be able to stick his tongue out, before he was only able to reach his gums.If you look at his forehead, you will see a bruise on it that was curtesy of Dr. MacVittie. He did not want to come out of me. They had to use the vaccuum suction to help get him out. I had no idea that they had even cut me open to take him out, and when they were trying to pull him out of the womb it felt like someone was sitting and bouncing on my stomach. Well, I will write more later. It is time to try to go and get some sleep.