4 months stats (08/24/09)
Length: 25" (82nd percentile)
Weight: 14lbs 1oz (65th percentile)
Head: 44cm (99th percentile, yes, 99th!!!)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
3 Months!
Our little peanut is 12lbs 1 oz (50th percentile)
Lily has been teething for the past 3 weeks. When she doesn't feel miserable due to teething, she's babbling, smiling and looking at the world around her. One of the most wonderful moments of the past few weeks was when B came home from work, Lily reached out her hands as if to say, "Pick me up, Daddy!" and she nestled her head into his chest. Both B and & I had tears in our eyes.
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.
Lily has been teething for the past 3 weeks. When she doesn't feel miserable due to teething, she's babbling, smiling and looking at the world around her. One of the most wonderful moments of the past few weeks was when B came home from work, Lily reached out her hands as if to say, "Pick me up, Daddy!" and she nestled her head into his chest. Both B and & I had tears in our eyes.
Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
2 Months!
Height: 23" (74.73%)
Weight: 10lbs 13 oz (49.80%)
Head Circumfrence: 41.2 (94.74%)
L is now babbling up a storm and we love every minute of it.
We are so very blessed.
Weight: 10lbs 13 oz (49.80%)
Head Circumfrence: 41.2 (94.74%)
L is now babbling up a storm and we love every minute of it.
We are so very blessed.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
2 Weeks!
Our sweet baby is already 2 weeks old. We had a 2 week checkup on Monday and is already 8lbs 2 oz, 21.25 inches and her head is a whopping 38.4 cm. She has gained an ounce a day for the last week and grew 3/4 of an inch! She's finally reached (and surpassed) her birth weight. She's in the 45th percentile for weight, 85th percentile for height and 93rd percentile for head circumference. Her doctor called her, "Scrawny" !
Her jaundice has disappeared and her hair is getting much lighter (maybe even red?!?!)
She had her first bath on 5/02/09 but her umbilical cord had yet to fall off so she couldn't have a full bath, with her belly submerged. Her umbilical cord fell off on the 7th day (05/05/09) to reveal the cutest little partial outie and she then had her first official bath, in the sink.
Her professional pictures are tomorrow afternoon and I spy some baby acne. I've heard that breast milk can help to clear it so we'll try that tonight after her bath. Speaking of breast milk, I've been exclusively pumping now for 10 days and my supply has seriously tanked. I've heard that oatmeal can increase supply so I ate that for breakfast this morning and will continue to do so. I'm also going to look into fenugreek, pumping more often and skin-to-skin contact as a means of increasing my supply. I should really go to the lactation consultant to see if we can give breastfeeding a whirl again but I'm still in a lot of pain and I don't know if I can make the trip by my lonesome.
I'm still slowly recovering, I went back to the doctor on Friday (05/08/09) due to the fact that I was still in a great deal of pain, unable to stand or walk. In turns out I had a lot of granulated tissue that needed to be cauterized (with silver nitrate, fun!) and that they needed to remove some unnecessary stitches (which was WAY more painful than the silver nitrate).
Mentally I'm doing well, I'm ready to get outside and moving.
Her jaundice has disappeared and her hair is getting much lighter (maybe even red?!?!)
She had her first bath on 5/02/09 but her umbilical cord had yet to fall off so she couldn't have a full bath, with her belly submerged. Her umbilical cord fell off on the 7th day (05/05/09) to reveal the cutest little partial outie and she then had her first official bath, in the sink.
Her professional pictures are tomorrow afternoon and I spy some baby acne. I've heard that breast milk can help to clear it so we'll try that tonight after her bath. Speaking of breast milk, I've been exclusively pumping now for 10 days and my supply has seriously tanked. I've heard that oatmeal can increase supply so I ate that for breakfast this morning and will continue to do so. I'm also going to look into fenugreek, pumping more often and skin-to-skin contact as a means of increasing my supply. I should really go to the lactation consultant to see if we can give breastfeeding a whirl again but I'm still in a lot of pain and I don't know if I can make the trip by my lonesome.
I'm still slowly recovering, I went back to the doctor on Friday (05/08/09) due to the fact that I was still in a great deal of pain, unable to stand or walk. In turns out I had a lot of granulated tissue that needed to be cauterized (with silver nitrate, fun!) and that they needed to remove some unnecessary stitches (which was WAY more painful than the silver nitrate).
Mentally I'm doing well, I'm ready to get outside and moving.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Irritable Uterus
I also found out yesterday that I have an, "Irritable Uterus" meaning I've been having contractions this whole time. I always chalked it up to the baby moving but apparently the stomach tightening sensation is actually contractions. That explains all the contractions that showed up on the monitors during my stay in the hospital.
It's going to be nearly 80* here in Wisco today and I'm going to have another lemon ice :)
It's going to be nearly 80* here in Wisco today and I'm going to have another lemon ice :)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Good News!
My "sentence" has been reduced from strict bed rest to moderate! What does this mean? I can leave the house once a day so as long as I'm not on my feet for more than a few minutes. Woo-hoo!
In a matter of 3 days, I have some significant progress, I went from being a finger tip dilated, very long/high cervix and the babies head was "floating." I am now more than 1 cm dilated, 50% effaced with an anterior cervix, yay! What does this mean in terms of when I'll have the baby? Meh, not much. However, it does mean that should they have to induce me due to pre-e, the likelihood that the induction would be successful and not lead to a c/s is much greater.
Overall, a fantastic appointment. To top it off, LEMON ICE IS BACK AT CULVERS! This is truly the best day ever ;)
In a matter of 3 days, I have some significant progress, I went from being a finger tip dilated, very long/high cervix and the babies head was "floating." I am now more than 1 cm dilated, 50% effaced with an anterior cervix, yay! What does this mean in terms of when I'll have the baby? Meh, not much. However, it does mean that should they have to induce me due to pre-e, the likelihood that the induction would be successful and not lead to a c/s is much greater.
Overall, a fantastic appointment. To top it off, LEMON ICE IS BACK AT CULVERS! This is truly the best day ever ;)
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