30-11-2008 - The NICU

My mood while writing this blog: hopeful

my little boy finally got his MRSA screening again. he tested negative both times. WOOHOO! no more contact isolation. he is now back on 'the row' with all the other babies. he weighed 3 pounds 8 ounces last night. (we have to wait another hour to weigh him again tonight) he had a little setback on thanksgiving. he had some swelling. he was retaining a little water. they gave him some medicine, and he lost 2 ounces (he was up to 3-7 then dropped to 3-5 now back to his 3-8). he did develope a hernia. but that will be easily fixed with day surgery the day he is discharged. at 4 pounds he will get his big boy bed....out of the isolette. i expect that to be around the end of the week. he averages 1-2 ounces of weight gain a day.

he still gets 2 bottles a day. he has taken the whole feeding by bottle a couple of times. today he only took 8ML because the nurse didnt prepare the bottle on time. his feeding time was at 1:30 and we waited and waited. he was wide awake rooting and sucking his hands. by the time she got the bottle it was almost 2:30 and he was asleep again. my little boy is a sound sleeper he wasnt interested in eating that late lol. of course we will complain so that it doesnt happen again. the doctor said today he is doing amazing. for as early as he was he is progressing much faster than they would have thought. if he does as well as he doing now he will be home in about 2 more weeks!!!!!!

in other news of the NICU....right next to my son there is a little boy (i think its a boy) he has been in the NICU for about a week now. at birth he weighed 1 pound 5 ounces. as far as we can tell this baby is breathing on its own! i was so amazed. seeing this tiny little baby doing what my 3 pounder is doing. this baby is not able to be held yet. its skin is so frail that touching would actually cause it pain. my heart goes out to those parents, im sure their baby's stay will be long. my timmy was so small and to me so frail. i cannot imagine being in that situation. having a baby that is THAT small, its heartbreaking.

im still struggling with milk production but i know i can do it. its just probably that i dont have him with me all the time. possibly when i get to have him with me at every feeding, my milk will be better. i am going next week to get implanon birth control. maybe. i have to go for my 6 week post partum in 2 weeks. so maybe i will wait until then to get the birth control. just seems silly to me to go to the dr early when i will be there in a couple of weeks anyway. my husband on the other hand is ready to get back to a normal sex life for us.

this may be TMI but its my blog so blah. my husband and i are both fairly sexual beings. the first night we were together intimately i actually had to initiate, seeing as he is the girl in the relationship anyway. we used condoms when we first met. but after we started living together we stopped. we both had STD testing just to be sure and after that it was condom free. we were not concerned with getting pregnant because we wanted a baby and well i didnt think i could get pregnant. it took 2 years to actually get pregnant. and now the thought of using condoms to prevent pregnancy is just not an option for him lol. i will admit we have had sex in the past 4 weeks. condoms were uncomfortable for the both of us. and the pull out method well it ruins the moment for him. i really honestly dont care but he does. by the way ladies sex is so much better after not having it for so long. and my husband is so much more into it, i think he has been deprived. but i really need to get on birth control before i get back to that. no more babies for me. my precious little timmy is enough for me.