So, every parent overreacts from time to time, especially new parents. Luckily for us part was overreaction, but partly not. Alex has been struggling to latch on to eat lately, if he does latch he eats like a champ. Last night I had to wake him up after sleeping 5 hours because I know he shouldn't go that long without eating. We tried to eat a 3 am, did a little but not to my satisfaction. He fell asleep for a bit and we tried again. This process went on until 6 am when I got so frustrated I had to hand him to Adam and just walk away. I went and pumped and then laid down and cried myself to sleep. Adam woke me up at 8 am because he thought it looked like Alex had some blood in his urine. We immediately called the Dr. and they told us to come in at 9:30. I then felt like a horrible Mom for getting so frustrated with him.
We went to the Dr. and saw the nurse practitioner, Tracy. We liked her just as much as Dr. Veronica!! Anyway, she said it wasn't blood in his urine but the skin moving around and healing from his circumcision. His umbilical cord is about to come off, and that had also rubbed on the inside of his diaper. She did say his was jaundiced and that she wanted to run a blood test on him. And there was concern that he wasn't getting enough to eat because he had lost 2 oz and was down to 8 lbs. He also has a blocked tear duct, so his eye is all yucky.
We went back to Memorial and got his blood drawn, but his billy rubin level was fine. We now have to bottle feed Alex to make sure he is getting enough to eat. We have him eating every 2 1/2 hours and he is eating like a champ!! I'm pumping, and that's going well. We go back on Friday to get him weighed again to make sure he is gaining weight. Once we get him back on a better eating schedule, we'll try to incorporate actual breastfeeding back into the mix. Apparently jaundiced babies tend to sleep more and eat less, so hopefully we can get things back in order! While we were at the hospital we got to see the nurse who was with us the day we delivered Alex. We love Robin!! She is soooo awesome!!
So, even though there was no blood in his urine I'm very glad we took him to the Dr. I kept saying I didn't think he was eating enough and everyone told me to let him sleep and he'd eat when he was ready. I've learned that Mom's really do have a natural instinct and I'm glad I followed it!!
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Wishing Alex many plentiful feedings...and mom and dad some restful sleep. I won't bother calling & waking you up, call when you feel up to it. Here's to a lifetime more of parental scares!
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