Evening ladies, I have been lurking just not finding time to post an update!
Firstly good luck to those with impending Labour (umlauf, gt and anything) and those with cs' s coming up.
Well after a speedy Labour, 4 1/2 hours from waters breaking to delivery it's been a strange few days (feels like weeks!) Oh and I think my "swil" update should have been a "lit" as when I checked the time of the post I was just starting to push!
Isaacs body temp dropped about 4 hours after birth. I was told to strip him for skin to skin with a couple of layers and his temp went back to normal but he was still quite grunTy and his breathing was rapid. The midwife tested his oxygen in blood levels which were low and he was transferred to neonatal 6 hours after delivery.
Today we finally have a diagnosis. Isaac has congenital pneumonia. He's already on antibiotics as its policy to start them straight away as they arrive on the unit. He should have them for another 5 days so we're looking at him being out around Tuesday next week.
However, I fed him myself yesterday as his breathing has improved and he latched on like a pro :-) but today they suggested that feeding wasn't the best idea and he's continuing to be tube fed ebm. He's still working hard at breathing so would tire too easily putting him to the breast. My milk has come in today so I'm managing to express a fair amount so he won't have to have any formula top ups as he did yesterday.
I'm halfway through writing my birth story which isn't very long considering I delivered 1 1/4 hours after arriving at the hospital!