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@StrawberryBee: that’s awesome!

@Mae: yay congrats!!!! She is so ridiculously adorable

Our little guy turned two weeks old yesterday. At his check up they noticed he appeared a slight be jaundiced and checked his levels just incase. I got a call at 5:30 saying they were very high and had to bring him into our children's hospital right away. They put an iv in and took blood work. All the blood work can back normal and his bili levels had dropped 3 points. They sent us home with a bili blanket and instructions to eat every 2 hours (10 minute feeds on each breast). We go back today to our ped for a recheck on his bili levels. If it's high then we are dealing with a hospital stay to figure out why. If it's lower then we continue with the bili blanket at home and continue rechecking his levels. It's been so stressful since he's been born with other medical issues that came up and thankfully got resolved. My nerves have been tested. I just want him healthy.

@babybunnylove: How is he doing now?

Just wanted to update that baby arrived October 3rd after 30 hours of labor and 8 hours of pushing! Baby had high bilirubin so we ended up staying at the hospital for a few extra days to put him under the lights but all is good now happy to be home and adjusting to life with a newborn!

@Mrs. K: congrats!!!!!

Ugh, I don't know where my new post notifications went! Catching up from my last post.

@babybunnylove: how's he doing?

@Mrs. K: congrats!!! 8 hours of pushing

Baby Harrison is here! Birthday is 10/5 he had to be evicted lol.

Due Dates
September 7 - Ms.Pineapple (#3)
September 17 - Lulu22 (#2)
September 19 - homestylecreations (#2)
September 22 - mademoiselle3 (#1)
September 27 - Mrs Cotton Candy (#2), pmh2400 (#1)
September 28 - mommygrace (#3)

Babies!
Banana330 - Baby Girl is here!
Cheesetomywhine - Baby Girl is here!
StrawberryBee - Baby Girl is here!
Mae - Baby Girl is here!
YouGotMe - Baby Boy is here!
Bibliolove - Baby Boy is here!
annem1990 - Baby Boy is here!
Mamag511 - Baby Boy is here!
babybunnylove - Baby Boy is here!
matador84 - Baby Boy is here!
Boopers - Baby Boy is here!
Dolphin - Baby Boy is here!
Mrs. K - Baby Boy is here!
Sugarbee - Baby Boy is here!

@Mrs. K: I don't think I want to imagine the swelling. Ouch ouch ouch! How big was he?

we are doing ok. We did not need a hospital stay thankfully. His bili levels after four days on the bili blanket 24/7 and every two hour feedings went down but not down where the doctor had expected. The doctor says it's breast milk jaundice and it's just going to take a while for it to go away completely. He is off the bili blanket now. He's gained his birthweight back plus some and is 9 lbs 10 oz now. They said we could try to do 24-48 hours of formula and have me pump and save it to see if his yellow color goes down more quickly but it's up to us. His jaundice isn't in the danger zone. It's been so stressful and not at all what I expected. I've got an appointment with a therapist coming up as my midwife thinks it's a good idea to help me cope with everything we've gone through. I'm even more hesitant about going back to work when I have to but we don't have a choice for me to stay home. We are a two income family and I have the health insurance.

So sorry I fell off the face of the earth! Our little boy was born on 9/10/17. 8lbs 5 oz, a hell of a birth, but he's here

Due Dates
September 7 - Ms.Pineapple (#3)
September 17 - Lulu22 (#2)
September 19 - homestylecreations (#2)
September 27 - Mrs Cotton Candy (#2), pmh2400 (#1)
September 28 - mommygrace (#3)

Babies!
Banana330 - Baby Girl is here!
Cheesetomywhine - Baby Girl is here!
StrawberryBee - Baby Girl is here!
Mae - Baby Girl is here!
YouGotMe - Baby Boy is here!
Bibliolove - Baby Boy is here!
annem1990 - Baby Boy is here!
Mamag511 - Baby Boy is here!
babybunnylove - Baby Boy is here!
matador84 - Baby Boy is here!
Boopers - Baby Boy is here!
Dolphin - Baby Boy is here!
Mrs. K - Baby Boy is here!
Sugarbee - Baby Boy is here!
mademoiselle3 - Baby Boy is here!

@StrawberryBee: good job!!!

@StrawberryBee: yay for weight gain!!

@pmh2400: congrats!!

I never realized how many boys our group has! Wow!

@Mae: @Boopers: thanks!

@pmh2400: updated! And congrats

Finally got around to stripping all my cloth diapers Friday. It's obscene how many newborn dipes we blow through . Still unsure if we'll recommit to cloth, but at least they're ready!

And since she's now over 7 lbs, we used the ergo for the first time yesterday. I forgot how much I loved that thing :). Went to a mommy and me market (I think we're going to sign DD1 up for swim lessons. Maybe gymnastics as well) and then to a marching band event for my stepdaughter. Finally got to see her dorm room!

@StrawberryBee: yay for good gains! We have tried our cloth diapers twice now and both time resulted in leaks. This little one does huge pees and hates being wet. I'm not convinced we'll be using them this time.

@Mae: @StrawberryBee: We've been using our solly and ring sling lots. She's almost 11lbs now so we just busted out our beco gemini and it's great for her!

@StrawberryBee: nice! i'm impressed you're pumping already! i did when i was in the hospital for my second surgery, but i haven't busted out my pump at home yet. I'm hoping to leave it in the box basically until I go back to work lol.

@StrawberryBee: makes sense! Since my supply sucks and we supplement with formula anyways, makes it easy on me to go because whoever is here can just make her a bottle. Sometimes (often) I'm annoyed we have to combo feed because it takes forever to do both nurse THEN bottle. And washing all the bottles every day. But then other times its so nice because I know anyone can feed her and there is no pressure on me to plan ahead so much!

Does anyone continue to connect on this board? Just wondering if people keep from being isolated with a newborn.