3 little monkeys

HUDSON HAUDE SIBAYAN

18 IN. 6 LBS. 11 OZ.

JANUARY 29, 2011

Hudson is 6 days old now and doing magnificent!

he was born saturday morning via c-section.

he cried really loud when he was born, which was music to my ears!

when he went to the nursery they were a little concerned with his breathing and ended up monitoring him for about 10 hours.

thankfully he didn't have to get transported to another hospital, but he got to come to my room that night and didn't have to go back to the nursery.

our hospital stay was short and quick...we went home on monday morning.

daddy got him ready for his first time out in the big world.

when we left the hospital i was due for my pain medicine, but the nurse said i would have to stay for another hour if they gave it to me.

i got my prescription filled on the way home, but the pharmacy couldn't do it right away so hours went by and i was in severe pain!

i had cramping that was sending sharp pains down both of my legs and it hurt so bad that my teeth were hurting.

once the pain medicine got in my system i started to feel a lot better.

nursing:

nursing has definitely not gone smoothly!

i know hudson is my third, but i had to pump with gabi so jake was the first one i nursed and i never had a problem with him. he just seemed to pick it up and gain weight right away.

hudson has not had a good latch, which has caused me lots of pain starting out.

then last night he went for about 7 hours of no eating because it was like he didn't know what to do and i didn't know what to do either.

i called a nursing helpline through the hospital, but there isn't much you can do over the phone, so today i went to the moms group at the hospital and i got the help i needed. we have been doing great since then.

i am so thankful to have been able to go to this class today.

weight:

hudson has continually lost weight this week, which i will attribute to the fact that we were not nursing very successfully. now that we know what we are doing i am praying that he will just begin to gain weight from now on. we have been to the doctors every day this week, except today because i went to get help. going to the doctors is not fun or easy when you have staples in your stomach and you are exhausted! but we have pushed through.

jaundice:

hudson has been very jaundice as well, which means we have had to go to the lab three days in a row this week as well. the lab is not at near the doctor's so we have spent a lot of time in the car. i really think this has had a lot to do with our bad nursing because it's so hard to feed a newborn in the car! they are finally not worried about his jaundice, but there was talk about having him admitted to the hospital because it wasn't going down. this was another very stressful thing to deal with this week. thankfully, our doctors are wonderful and they treat our kids like they treat their own.

we moved the cradle to the sunlight to try to get the jaundice out of him. he was so warm with the sun shining on his belly.

my staples are now out and i feel like i am walking and not shuffling like a little old lady, which is great!

hudson brings a big smile to my face every time i look at him!

he is such a joy and a wonderful addition to our family!

c-section...take two

alright preparing for day two really began the afternoon of day one because we were waiting to find out if the lungs were developed for our baby boy.

i called the hospital at 630pm...still waiting for the results from the lab. but the nurse said they were calling and my doctor was calling to get the results. they said my doctor would call me back later...

i called at 930pm...still waiting and now the nurse said my doctor wouldn't call me the hospital would call me when they knew.

1130pm-the hospital called and said the lab needed a few more hours so i should just come in at 615am for a c-section at 730am and that would give them enough time get me ready....or if i wanted to call at like 5am then i could to see if they had the results.

5am-i called the hospital and the results were in!!!

one test said they were borderline developed and the other said they were still immature.

so i had to be there at 8am for another dose of steroids...

7:45am- i arrived ready for my shot!

i saw the charge nurse at about 8:15 and she said there were no rooms available and they were in the middle of a ton of deliveries so i should just go get breakfast and come back...she gave me a free voucher for the cafeteria...so off i went.

i was about half way done and my wonderful nurse from yesterday came into the cafeteria while i was eating. She kind of startled me because i didn't know she was working and i don't know anyone in the hospital, which is why i so truly miss my wonderful UCSD!

so she said, "are you ready to do this?"

i said, "yes!"

she said, "do you want to eat the rest of your food?"

i said, "no!" because i was thinking it would be horrible if she got called to a c-section or a delivery and i had to wait hours, so i could eat later!

she said, "alright well we don't have any rooms so we are going to have to hide somewhere. we are going to have to do this in the nursery in a corner."

i didn't mind where it was cause it was just a quick shot.

so we went through the nursery and into a storage/linen closet type room and shut the door. i was just laughing. she said i need a hip and gave me the shot and we were done in like 2 seconds!

i was so glad i didn't have to wait for a room...

she was so nice and said she wished she could do my c-sec. tomorrow but she had worked from like 7am to 130am and then she was already there the next day working so she wouldn't be working.

she gave me a big hug and told me to go home and eat a ton of food today and a big dinner and be back tomorrow, Saturday at 530am...c-section at 730!

so there it is!

i am so thankful this nurse was working because i know if she wasn't no one would have recognized my name and i could have been there for a long time...

God has really been watching over the whole situation and i know he will not leave our side!

tomorrow, if our little guy has trouble breathing he will be transfered to another hospital with a nicu and jacob can follow the ambulance and stay with him, but i am praying this doesn't happen because i really don't want to be separated, for lots of reasons...so i am a little anxious about that, but i know we are in God's hands!

c-section day...take one

hello blog land again!

here i am at 630 am ready to leave to have our baby boy this morning! jake was not happy to have me leaving!

we were sent home today still pregnant!

i had an amnio. yesterday at 10 am and it was supposed to be a STAT order.

the doctor was wonderful, but we really questioned the competency of the assistant...and she did not let us down with her incompetency. (not to be mean, but it's true)

when we got to the hospital they went to get the results and they found out that it was not ready because it was sent to the lab with no "orders" which takes 6 hours to process. so our next plan was to give me steroids for the baby's lungs and send me home to wait for the results...which meant no eating or drinking since midnight last night.

then the nurse left again...

when she came back she said there were other problems.

not only was it sitting in the lab with no orders, but it was in the wrong lab.

so they had to get orders for it and then send it to the right lab to start the testing.

our new plan was to go home with the one dose of steroids and wait to hear from the hospital.

i have to call the hospital tonight at 9 to see if i they have the results...

if not then i can't eat after midnight and i have to call at 530 am to see if they will be doing a c-section at 730 am or if i will get my second dose of steroids at 8am??

who knows...we don't...the nurses don't...the doctor doesn't...so we sit and wait...will it be friday or saturday???

it's all in the Lord's hands! and i am very excited!

**it has been a very very long time since i have blogged, not because i haven't wanted to, but we have had computer issues.