2 week update

First up:  Darby - weight is down (way down - like to below pregnancy levels).  BP is still up (way up - on meds for it, not seeming to do anything yet).

Second: Lili - weight is up (way up - ok, I'll stop).  She's at 10lb, 3oz.  Length is up to 21", head is 15".  That puts her in the >99%, 93%, and 97% ranges, respectively.  The Dr. did say that breastfed babies will climb up quicker than bottle-fed babies, but then they'll plateau and slow down on the growth, while bottle-fed (and more so formula) will add it on later.

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Cord away!

So Lilis cord stump fell off just a bit ago. Now on with the rest of the healing!

She is doing well and sleeps a lot still. Cora has mellowed a touch in the last couple of days. Managed to not wake until 7am this morning. That was a relief! If she kept doing the 5am thing.... Ack.

I am pooped...fell asleep on the couch yesterday and woke to Cora yelling 'mommy!" at me over and over. The medication doesn't seem to be lowering the pressure at all and I am still getting nasty headaches. Not sure what they will do if this stuff doesn't work. I am hoping it won't be much. But that stuff is making me dizzy more often than I would like and I am stinken sleepy, usually for most of the day. I am glad that Cora is getting better at playing on her own and that I have projects I can have her do when I need time for Lili. Since Lili sleeps so much I have time to interact with Cora quite a bit.

All I have for now. Lilis next appt is tomorrow. We will have her info and I want to stand on a scale. Bits of me are missing.... :)

A twist

So fantastic birth experience and beautiful healthy baby equals momma on blood pressure meds...go figure. For the last week my pressure has been in the 170s over 100s-114 (at the highest). With that I am on medication for a week to see if we can get it lower. I am hoping that means the head ache I have been having for the last week will ease. After the first dose I am at 165/97. Haven't made it below 100 in days on the bottom.

Cora has been wound tighter than a spring for a while now and today was rough on me. I haven't been able to figure out if the rollar coaster is the hormone dump or a sign of something more serious. I figure I need to give it some time and see. Had a hard time not being in tears for most of today...

First dinner out with Grammy and Auntsy. We got to Jacobi's only to have Lili give us her first vomit demo...are we prepared? Nope! But she slept through dinner and Cora did really well the whole time, even with out a nap today.

Now Lili is giving me lots of cute asleep smiles and I don't have a camera handy,,, girl has timing!

Lactation Appt with Lili

So today I went in for a meeting with the lactation consultant at the hospital. Lili weighed in at 9lb 3oz and drank 3oz of milk. She is growing and nursing well. I can't wait till things even out and I don't feel like my boobs are going to explode. She is drinking more and sleeping well. She wakes up about every 2.5 to three hours or so on her own. Now if I can get Cora to sleep past 5 or 6am I would be happy. She has been getting up early I think because Grammy, and Oma for another morning. I hope she will go back to the 7am waking as things settle down.

Cora is having a hard time on occasion, as is to be expected. She really wants to touch, hold, and carry Lili but not all of those is a go. She also seems constantly burned out and grumpy. Doesn't matter if she has a nap or not. She just is melting down at not a whole lot. She wants to be really helpful but will melt if its not going the way she wants. I am going to guess that is pretty normal.
It is exhausting though!

First Appt

So Lili had her first Dr appt on Friday. Her bili was up to 9.2 but that was ok for a 3 day old. She has gained some weight back. She was 9lb 1oz then went to 8lb 12oz then 8lb 8oz then on Friday she was back to 8lb 12oz. She is doing very well.
First night home was good, last night was very long for me. She was up most of the night and a bit fussy. Today I made sure we were up and going so that she was around activity during the day. My hope is she will sleep better tonight...hope... Cora is having a bit of a rough time with sleeping because she can't make up her mind where she wants to sleep or next to who... its nice that we have enough room for both of the girls between us. Solved some problems already...

Home, safe and sound

Right.  So I realized that some people may not know the followup.  So, here we go.

Darby and Lili came home on Thursday.  Lili's biliruben numbers were down to 7 (under 8 is where they need to be for the first 48 hours for the doctors to be happy).  Today at the three day followup her numbers were 9.2, but as she's "older" now, that's still a good number.  Just have to have her take a few naps in the sunshine and make sure she eats well.  She's eating well, Lili gained 4 ounces in the day since her last weigh-in, so the doctors are happy.

Cora is doing well and adjusting to life as a big sister.  There's lots of "I wanna hold her" and her telling us what Lili really wants.  My mom has been here helping with the house stuff and riding herd over Cora - which has been a real help.

Updates

For those of you following along at home.  Lili's Bilirubin number's were a little higher than they like them to be.  Not nearly as high as Cora's, but still high enough to warrant one more night in the luxury hotel that is the Hospital.  She's under the UV lights, but seems to be handling it much better than Cora did. 

There's two lights to the top sides, and one underneath the pad on the bottom.  The lead on her chest is to make sure her temp stays good - she's under a warming machine as well.