1 week old!

Here is our little man today, one week old already! I have a feeling this is going to go by WAY to quickly! I am enjoying every single second of being a mommy, even the 3am feeding LOL!

We go tomorrow to the maternal newborn clinic to have his bilirubin retested as well as to have him weighed. When we left the hospital he had a 5.5% weight loss, which really is not a very bad loss for 6 days, I am hoping that he either gains a bit or holds his own. I will update as soon as we get back!

Home sweet home

We are home! I just wanted you all to know!
So far so good, we are a little anxious as first time parents but will manage LOL!
I am hoping Logan eats lots & lots because he has not started gaining weight yet, the breastfeeding is still going really well but he needs to eat. We go back Saturday morning to have his bilirusin retested & have his weight checked, so we have about 36 hrs to get ourselves together!

Mommy & her boy

Here I am tonight with my little man. He is still SO yellow! The jaundice is a bit worse today however he is not acting AT ALL like a sick baby. He is very active & alert & eats like a little champ. My breasts are super sore I have an over supply issue and a super fast let down but we are working thru these small issues. I feel so blessed that the only issue we are dealing with is the ABO incompatibility & jaundice, there are so many other things are preemie could be dealing with.
I hope to post my birth story soon, I have to find the notes Les made while I was in labour & find the time to sit down & write it. I must say tho that my recovery has been much easier then I anticipated. I am feeling pretty good, just super tired from beign up & nursing etc. Today I went to my mom's & showered & did my hair, which made me feel a bit more human! I asked Les to bring me up some pants to wear & he accidently grabbed some pre-pregnancy pants, i was shocked that they fir very comfortably. I weighed myself today & am only 4 lbs away from my pre-pregnancy weight. Hopefully with nursing & being busy I can lose some of the extra weight I started with. I only ended up gaining 20 lbs the entire pregnancy & was so swollen in the end I am sure at least those last 5 lbs were mostly water weight. Its all so worth it tho, I just love being a mommy, so eager to get my little boy home!

A little more time....

is what my boy needs. So we are getting cozy for another day or two in the NICU. Logan is still doing well, he is not acting sick at all. His bilirubin is boarderline but we do not want to risk it getting worse at home. He is feeding awesome, & hates his little bili bed, it breaks my heart to force him to stay in it. All he wants is gor his momma to hold & cuddle him. The only snuggles we get are during feedings. Poor Les barely gets snuggles, just diaper duty.

There are many sick babies here, it makes us appreciate our little guy & how well he is doing. We will get home & he will be ours forever, for now we will stay here & do what he needs.

Please say a prayer for Logan & for all the other NICU babies.

An update & lots of pics!

We are still in the NICU with Logan, last night the nurse brought him to me each time he needed to feed, we are now officially exclusively breastfeeding. Once we are home I will have Les give the occasional bottle of EBM just so that he won't refuse it later. Things are going really well. I think this little boy feels he has something to prove! On his 2nd day the Dr mentioned that his output was a little low, and so Logan peed on every nurse who changed him, he wanted them to know his output was fine! On day 3 the DR said we could stop the IV if Logan took at least 28ml from breast or bottle, and so he started taking 35-50ml! He is trying to make things a little better for his mama! I just want this little guy home so bad!

Today his IV was taken out completely & his preventative antibiotics were discontinued since his culture came back negative. The DR is so impressed with his eating that he let him come in our room with us, he even said we MAY be going home tomorrow if the Bilirubin is better. Please say a prayer that it is & we are on our way home! Logan was circumcised today in preperation for going home as well. This has made him super fussy, and his feeding routine has been a little off. Breastfeeding is still going super well except I have a major oversupply issue, I have tons of stored milk already! There could be worse things tho!

And now because I am such a proud mama here are some photos for you!

A sweet little close up of our little man, I never knew I could feel this way! Its amazing

Here he is in his "Bili Bed" it is allowing him to be treated for jaundice & be rooming in with us! Its so nice (and exhausting) to be taking care of him ourselves! Les is doing such an awesome job too! Logan really likes his paci! This is great news! LOL

I just love this photo, he looks so tiny and curled up! This is in his isolette when he was under the lights, I can't believe he is mine!

My two men! Logan and his daddy having a snuggle after a feeding session.

He didn't like the first bath I gave him! We had to do a sponge bath because of his IV and will have to for the next week or so until his circumcision heals.

Here I am with my little boy. I am still very puffy here from the PIH, but so in love!

Finally here is my amazing husband. I love him more then ever. On Sunday was my 2nd baby shower and Iwas not well enough to go. Les filled in, he did great! He has been taking amazing care of me, feeding me, getting me drinks & of course heling with Logan. He is a natural at it all!

My Little Piggy!

Despite a very difficult pregnancy & being induced at 35.3 weeks my son is a little star eater. I must say one of my biggest fears with him being early was that I would have difficulties breastfeeding. So far things are going SO well! The day he was born they were not going to feed him as they didn't want to stress him out. They let me do kangaroo care & he had a very different idea, he immediatly began rooting, I went ahead & latched him & he nursed for 30 minutes! I wasn't able to feed until he was 6 hrs old, so this was very good!

Ever since then he has been doing absolutely amazing. I have been breastfeeding almost every feeding all day & allowing them to bottle feed at night, either EBM if I have enough or formula. He is such a good little eater that today they locked his IV & he is getting all his nutrition from me (mostly). I always intended on breast & bottle feeding but did not plan on giving the formula right away. He is very jaundiced due to an ABO incompatibilty so I decided that him getting food by mouth was one step closer to home. I am glad I made this decision. My milk is starting to come in & so he is getting less & less formula. Here is me and my little man nurseing
I am doing just OK. I am still struggling with high blood pressures & was started on medication for it. I am really hoping they do not discharge me tomorrow as I am needing to rest a lot or my blood pressure goes up, I can't be here & rest unless I have a room. I need to be here to feed my baby. Hopefully my OB agrees. I am still getting headaches & dizzy spells as well. I really hope this starts to resolve soon, although I understand it can last up to 6 weeks. I am just eager to get home with my baby, my hope is we are home by Friday. I am off to pump & try to sleep!

Logan update & photos

Here are a few more photos from last night. Logan is doing well, he is off of the nasal CPAP & is breathing on his own perfectly! He has breastfed twice & bottle fed the EBM I left for him last night. I am going now to feed again.

We have an ABO blood incompatibility (I am O and Logan is B like his daddy) so he is jaundiced & gettign phototherapy.

I am off to feed him & will be meeting with the Dr so will know then.

Please keep my little man in your prayers we we can get him home & healthy as soon as possible. I am so in love, its the most amazing feeling ever!