I see other Mommies can do it, but right now we are working on getting on a schedule.  We’re still having breastfeeding issues  (Please pray about that) This is what’s been taking up all my time…

Motherhood is truly amazing. I hope to be back soon.  Just know I’m thinking of you all.

Lydia was released from the hospital on Saturday the 17th of January, we brought her home.  Content to have our family reunited.  We had no problems the first several hours.  I was keeping track of wet/soiled diapers, how long she nursed, how long I attempted to nurse.  I began to get very concerned when she refused my breast for the 4th time.  We even offered her formula (we had a sample of enfamil lipil in the diaper bag from the hospital, I really want to breastfeed, but she NEEDED to eat) No wet/poopy diapers in over 5 hours.  She seemed listless, like she was when they took her from me in the Hospital.  These are all signs of the jaundice mind you, so I was scared that her bilirubin levels had increased.

I called the pediatrician on call (who had just released her that morning).  He said if she seemed lethargic, I needed to take her to the hospital.  We got there about 11:00 PM they checked her blood sugar with a heel stick (her third in 2 days) it was 53, the nurse said that sounded low, she called a pediatric nurse who said anything over 40 for a newborn was okay) she came back in and gave us a 2 oz bottle of pedialite.  Our little bulldog sucked that down in no time flat, spit some up, and was ready to rumble.  Not 5 minutes later, she soiled a diaper.  The nurse came back with more pedialite and said the Dr wanted her to drink more, until she peed, we told her Lydia had taken care of that.  The doctor wanted another heel stick to check her sugar again, it was 72.

They released us, we came home, she kept screaming, kept refusing my breast, but her little tummy is so small, how much more could fit after that pedialite, then she got the hiccups, her whole body shook, it broke my heart.  Her cries were sobs she kept refusing the breast and bottle.  I put her in the bouncy seat, she kept crying.  She kept sucking my finger, but wouldn’t suck anything else.  Finally about 5:30 AM, I got her to take some formula, and I set her on my chest and put back the recliner.  We slept like that until  nearly 10:00.  Had a dirty diaper, she then downed 2 oz of formula, and my parents came over to say goodbye.  That was sad.  They’ll be back soon enough I know!

We went back to sleep, me on the recliner, her in the bassinet nearby.  Slept til almost 1, woke up had another almost 2 oz of formula and a dirty diaper.  She is sleeping soundly now, I am going to try breastfeeding for her next feeding, but I KNOW she needs her energy.  She’s next to me in the bassinet now.  I have to take her to the pediatrician tomorrow for a weight check.  I have to go to the OB to have my JP drain removed, and I plan to call the lactation consultant.

It has been exhausting.  But I wouldn’t trade places with anyone in the world.

My amazing husband, and our beautiful daughter.  This is true love.

Please Pray, Lydia is jaundiced, they are keeping her under the lights, I get to stay until tomorrow, LORD willing she will improve enough by the AM to go home with Mommy and Daddy.

Here’s Mommy and baby.

19 inches long and from what Grandma says, she’s got a set of lungs on her!

It’s Aunt Jody here.  Lydia Hope has arrived!  She arrived at 12:46 and weighed in at 7lbs 14oz.  Mommy and baby are healthy and pictures will be posted as soon as I get one.

So….

I had my OB appointment today at 3:00 PM.  I am 41 weeks pregnant.

I am NOT dilated

I am NOT effaced

Lydia has NOT dropped

I am not conracting

Dr. Kitchen then took out the tape measure, and said, “I think we’re going to have a very large baby.”

He sent me back for an ultra sound.  They’re gauging her at 9 lbs 2 oz (OH MY, OH MY, OH MY!)

Since she’s already a week late and none of the things that should have happened have happened (and I’m high risk)

They’ve scheduled me for a C-Section tomorrow January 13th at 12:30 PM.

I cried.  I felt like a failure.  He said based on my height (4’11″), and my structure there is no way a 9 lb baby is coming through my pelvis to have a vaginal birth. 

I KNOW women have C-Sections all the time, but…. you know… I just wanted to be able to do it the way I’d envisioned it.

I’ve come to terms with it.

Tomorrow we will hold our baby girl.

Please pray for us.

I’ll have my sister update with pictures as soon as possible.

Today, January 12th my nephew is 20.  Go wish him a happy birthday!  Maybe, just maybe his cousin will arrive today too….  hmmm?

I don’t believe in Karma per se, but I believe in the Biblical Principle mentioned in Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 
   

I just answered this Featured Question; you can answer it too!

I’m curious to find out if there is any truth to the “full moons gravitational pull has the same effect on the amniotic sac as it does the tides” theory.

If so, Maybe Lydia Hope will be making her appearance tomorrow.

Think positive for us.