TMI Post

This TMI (Too Much Information) Post contains an update on Liam and I, the C-Section video, and a diaper change video.

Liam is doing great, I freaked out a little yesterday when he refused a bottle for over 10hours. We called his doctor and he suggested we get him checked out at hospital. At hospital they ran some test, which all came out normal. The doctor noticed his skin and eyes are still yellowish but told me that since the test are normal, that my breast milk must contain a higher amount of a hormone that would make his skin look yellowish. He said to continue trying to feed him breast milk and come back the next day if he didn't eat. Well on the drive home I stuck a bottle in Liam's mouth and told him it would make mommy very happy if he drank it...guess what...he drank the entire bottle (2.5oz) before we got home! Figures. Today he has been great with eating, so I guess he just wasn't hungry or didn't feel good yesterday....weird.

I am getting better, now being able to pick Liam up out of the swing, being able to sit down while holding him and better at getting out of bed. Last Monday I woke up and notice a fair amount of blood on my sheets and saw it was coming from my C-Section cut. Thankfully Matt stayed home from work that day and we went to see my doctor. The blood was kind of spurting out and was black. My doctor said it was a big hematoma above my cut and it was leaking out of my cut. They cleaned the blood up, re-taped the area, and taped gauze on it. They informed me to change it twice a day or every time it goes through gauze. At the moment I change it 2-3 times a day. I have a follow up doc appt tommorow. Mary, Matt's mom, stayed with us last week so it was nice having a nurse around to observe the bleeding.

Below are two C-Section Videos. One shows Liam being pulled out of my tummy (all I felt was a weird hard pressure) and other is a short video of Liam being cleaned.

Next is a diaper change. Sometimes he cries, sometimes he doesn't. He really hates being cold, so when his diaper is off or clothes he freaks out. So we got him a wipe warmer, which actually helps ALOT! He doesn't scream when a warm wipe touches his toosh.

We are excited to be coming to Portland for Thanksgiving!! We are having a "Meet Liam" day on Saturday at 5pm at my mom's house. Let me know if you want to stop by and I can give you more details.

And yes I am posting this around 1:30am...Liam just fell asleep after a bottle & Matt has been asleep for awhile (he might be getting sick, so he needs sleep). I'm going to attempt to put Liam in his bassinet, next to our bed, for a first night time sleep. Fingers Crossed!