Katelyn was born at 11:20 PM which means that counted as my first of two nights in the hospital. While Grant and I spent time in the recovery room, we finalized Katelyn's name and spelling. Katelyn started nursing and did pretty well, although her little mouth seemed so small! I learned quickly that she was a bit of a sleepy nurser. She tended to nurse only a little bit at a time before falling asleep.
We moved upstairs at around 1:30 AM. Our room was awesome - it faced the mountains, and it was huge -almost the size of an L&D room. At around 5:00, they came in and gave Katelyn a bath and did her foot prints. Grant stayed until about 6 AM, and then headed home, and Mom came in at about 7:00.
A lactation nurse came up to make sure everything was going well. She was happy with Katelyn's latch and said I had enough colostrum to feed the ward - ha ha! Dr. Pepik came by and pronounced Katelyn healthy. She mentioned a small dimple on KAtelyns back that she said we didn;t need to worry about. Also, Dr. Feldman happened to be doing one of his four times a month shifts that day and he came by to see me! What an awesome surprise!
The day was pretty calm - Donna, Gary, Tammy, Dad, and Delaine came by to visit. My favorite part was when Grant and Geoffrey came and Geoff got to meet Katelyn. Geoffrey was so excited to see me, and so gentle with Katelyn. He gave her some kisses, and he was very excited to get his big brother presents (he saw it sitting under Katelyn's bassinet). He kept calling the hospital "the hotel," like he did when I was on bed rest. He mostly wanted to see me and make sure I was ok.
Grant came back again for our celebratory dinner, which we enjoyed while dad and Delaine held Katelyn. Then they left and Mom and Bobby came in for the next shift. They watched Katelyn so I could get some sleep. I took a shower around 1:30 and then Mom and Bobby went home.
The nurse came by at one point and took Katelyn to the nursery to finish the hearing test (they had trie earlier in the day but couldn't get a reading on one of the ears) and to do the heal prick / swab test.
In the morning, Grant came back at around 7:30 to eat breakfast and help me get ready to go. Dr. Hargrove came in to do my final check and clear me. Next, Dr. Kasamatsu came in to check Katelyn, and she and the nurse decided that, just to be safe, we should get an ultrasound on the dimple on Katelyn's back just to be sure it was closed and didn't go all the way to her spinal cord (which was, apparently, the concern and whe Dr. Pepik had mentioned it at all.) So we had to wait for our turn at the ultrasound which delayed our leaving. In the meantime, they told us Katelyn's jaundice level was at a 10, but they wanted to see what it was the next day (how fast is rose). Also, they weighed her and she weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces.
Grant went with Katelyn to get her ultrasound while I took another little nap. Everything looked good and we were officially discharged!
We moved upstairs at around 1:30 AM. Our room was awesome - it faced the mountains, and it was huge -almost the size of an L&D room. At around 5:00, they came in and gave Katelyn a bath and did her foot prints. Grant stayed until about 6 AM, and then headed home, and Mom came in at about 7:00.
A lactation nurse came up to make sure everything was going well. She was happy with Katelyn's latch and said I had enough colostrum to feed the ward - ha ha! Dr. Pepik came by and pronounced Katelyn healthy. She mentioned a small dimple on KAtelyns back that she said we didn;t need to worry about. Also, Dr. Feldman happened to be doing one of his four times a month shifts that day and he came by to see me! What an awesome surprise!
The day was pretty calm - Donna, Gary, Tammy, Dad, and Delaine came by to visit. My favorite part was when Grant and Geoffrey came and Geoff got to meet Katelyn. Geoffrey was so excited to see me, and so gentle with Katelyn. He gave her some kisses, and he was very excited to get his big brother presents (he saw it sitting under Katelyn's bassinet). He kept calling the hospital "the hotel," like he did when I was on bed rest. He mostly wanted to see me and make sure I was ok.
Grant came back again for our celebratory dinner, which we enjoyed while dad and Delaine held Katelyn. Then they left and Mom and Bobby came in for the next shift. They watched Katelyn so I could get some sleep. I took a shower around 1:30 and then Mom and Bobby went home.
The nurse came by at one point and took Katelyn to the nursery to finish the hearing test (they had trie earlier in the day but couldn't get a reading on one of the ears) and to do the heal prick / swab test.
In the morning, Grant came back at around 7:30 to eat breakfast and help me get ready to go. Dr. Hargrove came in to do my final check and clear me. Next, Dr. Kasamatsu came in to check Katelyn, and she and the nurse decided that, just to be safe, we should get an ultrasound on the dimple on Katelyn's back just to be sure it was closed and didn't go all the way to her spinal cord (which was, apparently, the concern and whe Dr. Pepik had mentioned it at all.) So we had to wait for our turn at the ultrasound which delayed our leaving. In the meantime, they told us Katelyn's jaundice level was at a 10, but they wanted to see what it was the next day (how fast is rose). Also, they weighed her and she weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces.
Grant went with Katelyn to get her ultrasound while I took another little nap. Everything looked good and we were officially discharged!
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