Short version:
We went to the hospital at 10am on Tuesday, Nov. 24th for our scheduled c-section - wheeled into the O.R. at noon exactly - Henry was born. The first night we had mega frustrations with breastfeeding, so we turned to pumping and forumla supplementing together. On our last day in the hospital I decided to meet w/ the lactation consultant one more time - and now we have a steady procedure for making it work!
Our first nights home have been fantastic -- Henry's a great sleeper at night (so far) and Daddy likes to take one of the night feedings for me so I can sleep for 3-5 hours straight.
The most frustrating part is scheduling visitors -- we love to show him off and have company -- but with our feeding procedures, and having to do this every 2-3 hours, and my little piggy who likes to feed for an hour at a time most of the time -- it gets to be tricky!! I don't mind having my friends in the living room with me -- but Nick's friends either get kicked out or uninvited.
More details version:We went to the hospital at 10am on Tuesday, Nov. 24th for our scheduled c-section - wheeled into the O.R. at noon exactly. I was not expecting to feel as much pushing and tugging as I could, and was very uncomfortable. They offered me more drugs, but I wanted to be cohearant for the birth, so I suffered through -- but only until they pulled him out, I saw his legs up in the warmer, heard his cry -- and then they drugged me up!! The drug haze only lasted about 10 minutes, but it made me see double the first time Nick held Henry up for me to see, I was very confused!
They took me to recovery and Henry to the nursery -- this separation lasted about an hour and a half :( Finally we were all reunited in the hospital room, and gave breastfeeding a go. Ouch. I had scabs on my nipples that he pulled off -- plus I have flat nipples so we tried using a shield. He ended up just nawing on the tip of my nipple, and it just wasn't good! By 2:30am, with me and Nick crying -- we finally shipped Henry off to the nursery and let them give him some formula.
The next morning we started pumping and feeding him that, along with a little formula. This set up worked awesome for 2 days, and gave my nips a chance to heal a little. Friday we tried again, and figured out a system of me pumping, giving a little bit in bottle to Henry, then tricking him to latch on. And it worked!! Now, we no longer need to trick him - but I do need to pump first to get things going. This makes it very difficult for visitors b/c I have a whole station set up in the living room -- but easy for bottle feeding once and a while b/c of the pumping I've stored up already!
We have our first doctors appointment today -- I'm anxious to make sure he's gaining weight, which I think he is b/c his little rolls are getting bigger already!!
Here's some more pictures for ya!
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