Little B is doing ok, but he is hitting a rough patch right now. We had to switch his formula for the first time since he came, but we are not sure that it's doing any good. He is gaining weight though, up now to 10lbs 3oz. So far he has been gaining a lb a week :-)
We switched his formula because he was spitting up and spitting up and spitting up, and had started vomiting as well. He would also arch his back and scream during feedings, and in the middle of his sleep. Right now we are trying the new formula before we go on Zantac. Since he is not projectile vomiting they don't think he needs Zantac at the moment.
Not sure the formula is working because he is still having his screaming fits :-(
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
1 month old!!!
All quiet on the home front here :-) Little B is doing well, and growing like a weed.
He turned 1month old on Wednesday - which is AMAZING! So hard to believe that a month has passed already. He is drinking about 3 1/2 ounces of formula every 3 hours, and about every 4 hours during the night which makes Mommy very happy!
Daddy is doing well too, but he is still working the craziest of hours. Tonight he is working late doing a rodent trapping. He will hopefully be home some where around midnight - again, hopefully!
He turned 1month old on Wednesday - which is AMAZING! So hard to believe that a month has passed already. He is drinking about 3 1/2 ounces of formula every 3 hours, and about every 4 hours during the night which makes Mommy very happy!
Daddy is doing well too, but he is still working the craziest of hours. Tonight he is working late doing a rodent trapping. He will hopefully be home some where around midnight - again, hopefully!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Little B went to the doctor today for his 2w check up...actually it was closer to 3w lol. He will be 3w on Wednesday - which makes Joelle want to cry :-(
His weight was 8lbs 4oz, up almost 2lbs from birth in 3w! His head circumference was great, but he only grew 1/2inch. However, doc said he should make it up :-) He does still have a little thrush, and a mild case of reflux. Right now we aren't doing meds for the reflux because it is so mild, but should he start acting like he is pain that is an option. Sooo...we currently have a short and fat, and very happy, baby :-)
His weight was 8lbs 4oz, up almost 2lbs from birth in 3w! His head circumference was great, but he only grew 1/2inch. However, doc said he should make it up :-) He does still have a little thrush, and a mild case of reflux. Right now we aren't doing meds for the reflux because it is so mild, but should he start acting like he is pain that is an option. Sooo...we currently have a short and fat, and very happy, baby :-)
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thrush cure
Yesterday, after 8 doses of Niastatin, we noticed that Benjamin's thrush appeared to have multiplied by a thousand times. We are still boiling everything, so that wasn't the cause. We called the doc's answering service and spoke to a nurse from CHOA. Apparently, they have noticed that more and more children are becoming immune to Niastatin :-(
Her solution was very surprising tho. We thought she was going to tell us to use the messy Gingaviolet, but it turns out her solution was Milk of Magnesium. Applied 3x a day for 3 days, and already we notice a difference. Hopefully by tomorrow he will be cleared up! And if not, before we go back to the doc, we will use the Gingaviolet. My doc (whom I spoke to after the nurse to make sure it was ok to stop the Niastatin) had never heard of using MoM, but gave us the go ahead to try it.
So far Benjamin appears to be less fussy and in less pain, and tolerates the MoM A LOT better than the Niastatin. The other med could cause a tummy ache, and usually made him throw up. The MoM appears to be a lot calmer on his little digestive system :-)
Her solution was very surprising tho. We thought she was going to tell us to use the messy Gingaviolet, but it turns out her solution was Milk of Magnesium. Applied 3x a day for 3 days, and already we notice a difference. Hopefully by tomorrow he will be cleared up! And if not, before we go back to the doc, we will use the Gingaviolet. My doc (whom I spoke to after the nurse to make sure it was ok to stop the Niastatin) had never heard of using MoM, but gave us the go ahead to try it.
So far Benjamin appears to be less fussy and in less pain, and tolerates the MoM A LOT better than the Niastatin. The other med could cause a tummy ache, and usually made him throw up. The MoM appears to be a lot calmer on his little digestive system :-)
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thrush :-(
Benjamin is doing well, but he does have thrush :-( He wasn't supposed to go to the doc until his 2w check up March 14th, but we had to take him in yesterday (or rather Joelle and her mom did) because of the thrush. He has had three doses of Niastatin so far, but it doesn't look any better. Please pray that he will heal soon, and that Joelle will not freak out so much :-) She still blames herself for letting him get it, but has now become the boiling Nazi.
However, he has gained back the 4oz that he lost at the hospital and then 5 more. That makes mommy very happy, and makes her feel better for him getting thrush. So he now weighs 6lbs 11oz.
My sweet little boy!!!
Snuggling with daddy
Please excuse his pink and purple pacifier :-)
However, he has gained back the 4oz that he lost at the hospital and then 5 more. That makes mommy very happy, and makes her feel better for him getting thrush. So he now weighs 6lbs 11oz.
My sweet little boy!!!
Snuggling with daddy
Please excuse his pink and purple pacifier :-)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Doing well
Benjamin eats and sleeps like a champ! He is slowly getting on an eating schedule, and does so love to eat...even though it takes him forever to decide he is hungry :-)
Mom and dad are doing well, Jeremiah went back to work and has already had a crazy two days :-( Please be in prayer for him, that he would be able to recuperate from the hospital and be able to focus on what he needs to do with work and that God would continue to give him grace and strength.
Mom and dad are doing well, Jeremiah went back to work and has already had a crazy two days :-( Please be in prayer for him, that he would be able to recuperate from the hospital and be able to focus on what he needs to do with work and that God would continue to give him grace and strength.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Joelle's birth story
Short: 6.6lbs, 19in long and born at 5:14pm. I had gone to the doc on the 18th, and she felt that an induction would work really well for me.
Long: I got to the hospital at about 3:30pm. By 4:00pm I had the Cervedil in, and by around 5 I began contraction slightly. I was just mostly crampy and had some irritation. I got some sleep that night, and so did Jeremiah. When I got there I was about 1cm, and they decided the Cervedil would work better than a low dose of Pitocin. They took out the Cervedil at 4:30 and the Pitocin was started at 5:00am on Wednesday morning. I began having more contractions, but still not too bad or intense yet.
My doc came in at 10:30pm to tell me what was going on, and I explained to her about wanting to wait till around 4-5cm to get the epi. She said that was fine, just as long as I was in a steady and regular labor pattern I could get the epi. She didn’t care if it was at 2cm.
At 9:00 the next morning the doc came in and decided to break my water. She tried to place an internal monitor to check the intensity of my contractions, but it was not happening. This was not a pleasant experience by 9:30; however, I began having contractions, steady contractions.
Around 10:45 I began to really get in agony. At this point my mom came up, and I began having to really breathe through the contractions. They came in and checked me at 12; I had progressed to 2.5 – 3cm. By now I was in severe pain, so I asked for the epi. It took till 1:30 for the anesthesiologist to get there, and during that 1.5hours I was MISERABLE! I could only breathe and yell, and I did throw one or two soft things and no, I threw them at the wall and not Jeremiah lol. They were coming around 3-4 minutes steadily now.
At 1:30 the lady came in to do the epi. She was AMAZING - very fast, very gentle and very kind. Mom stayed in there with me while Jeremiah went out to walk off the nervous energy (he doesn’t handle needles well lol). I felt almost no pain from the epi, and as soon as she gave me that first dose I felt relief. I had three contractions during the time that she was giving it to me, but since I was sitting up they oddly felt better. Within a minute I was feeling pressure from the contractions, but no pain. 20 minutes later, I was in heaven. Oddly though, since I have scoliosis, my left side got number than my right so that was very odd
They checked me after, I had progressed to 5cm so I kept my goal of making it to 4 or 5cm.
At around 3:00 the nurse came in to check on me, I asked her if I was still having contractions. She said “Oh yea! Very regular, every 2-3minutes”. I was sooooo happy to not be feeling anything anymore!!
At 4:00 my blood pressure dropped barely, but started the machine beeping. I finally called the nurse in; I thought it was the IV anyway, because the beeping was annoying lol. While in there she checked me, and I was at 9.5cm!! When she told me I was getting ready to have a baby I flipped out! I couldn’t believe I had made so much progress!
At 4:30 the doc came in and had me give some practice pushes. Sure enough, I was ready to push. The nurse worked with me for about 15 minutes, and then went and got the doc because the baby started having a decelerating heart rate. I didn’t know any of this was going on, but apparently the baby has a lower heart rate the whole time. Freaked my mom and Jeremiah out, but I was pretty calm.
They had me keep pushing in sets of 4, and then rest. The doc told me at one point she might have to use the vacuum because of what the baby was doing, and because my pushing was not very effective.
I immediately tried harder, and we made fast progress and didn’t need alternate measures anyway. I pushed about 10 more minutes after that (or so, forgive me on the times they are a bit hazy) and then he was here!! Long and skinny and pale.
So, in all I labored about 7hrs and pushed about 45min or so. I LOVED being induced, and I had a great labor experience!
Long: I got to the hospital at about 3:30pm. By 4:00pm I had the Cervedil in, and by around 5 I began contraction slightly. I was just mostly crampy and had some irritation. I got some sleep that night, and so did Jeremiah. When I got there I was about 1cm, and they decided the Cervedil would work better than a low dose of Pitocin. They took out the Cervedil at 4:30 and the Pitocin was started at 5:00am on Wednesday morning. I began having more contractions, but still not too bad or intense yet.
My doc came in at 10:30pm to tell me what was going on, and I explained to her about wanting to wait till around 4-5cm to get the epi. She said that was fine, just as long as I was in a steady and regular labor pattern I could get the epi. She didn’t care if it was at 2cm.
At 9:00 the next morning the doc came in and decided to break my water. She tried to place an internal monitor to check the intensity of my contractions, but it was not happening. This was not a pleasant experience by 9:30; however, I began having contractions, steady contractions.
Around 10:45 I began to really get in agony. At this point my mom came up, and I began having to really breathe through the contractions. They came in and checked me at 12; I had progressed to 2.5 – 3cm. By now I was in severe pain, so I asked for the epi. It took till 1:30 for the anesthesiologist to get there, and during that 1.5hours I was MISERABLE! I could only breathe and yell, and I did throw one or two soft things and no, I threw them at the wall and not Jeremiah lol. They were coming around 3-4 minutes steadily now.
At 1:30 the lady came in to do the epi. She was AMAZING - very fast, very gentle and very kind. Mom stayed in there with me while Jeremiah went out to walk off the nervous energy (he doesn’t handle needles well lol). I felt almost no pain from the epi, and as soon as she gave me that first dose I felt relief. I had three contractions during the time that she was giving it to me, but since I was sitting up they oddly felt better. Within a minute I was feeling pressure from the contractions, but no pain. 20 minutes later, I was in heaven. Oddly though, since I have scoliosis, my left side got number than my right so that was very odd
They checked me after, I had progressed to 5cm so I kept my goal of making it to 4 or 5cm. At around 3:00 the nurse came in to check on me, I asked her if I was still having contractions. She said “Oh yea! Very regular, every 2-3minutes”. I was sooooo happy to not be feeling anything anymore!!
At 4:00 my blood pressure dropped barely, but started the machine beeping. I finally called the nurse in; I thought it was the IV anyway, because the beeping was annoying lol. While in there she checked me, and I was at 9.5cm!! When she told me I was getting ready to have a baby I flipped out! I couldn’t believe I had made so much progress!
At 4:30 the doc came in and had me give some practice pushes. Sure enough, I was ready to push. The nurse worked with me for about 15 minutes, and then went and got the doc because the baby started having a decelerating heart rate. I didn’t know any of this was going on, but apparently the baby has a lower heart rate the whole time. Freaked my mom and Jeremiah out, but I was pretty calm.
They had me keep pushing in sets of 4, and then rest. The doc told me at one point she might have to use the vacuum because of what the baby was doing, and because my pushing was not very effective.
I immediately tried harder, and we made fast progress and didn’t need alternate measures anyway. I pushed about 10 more minutes after that (or so, forgive me on the times they are a bit hazy) and then he was here!! Long and skinny and pale.
So, in all I labored about 7hrs and pushed about 45min or so. I LOVED being induced, and I had a great labor experience!
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