Hi guys, congratulations to all of you have had your babies in the last day or two, and to those of you who are currently labouring as we speak! Can't really catch up on posts right now, just got home from hospital with James for his jaundice.
One of the community midwifes noticed his jaundice on wednesday morning, and rang the childrens ward to get him admitted. They did a few heel prick tests to check his bilirubin levels, which were horrible (I started sobbing during the first test after he cried, it was pretty embarassing) they checked his levels again after one night of being under the lamp, but they were even higher than before so we had to stay in another 24 hours.
His levels are ok now thank god, it was horrible seeing him under that lamp crying, and knowing every minute I cuddled him was a minute longer we had to stay in hospital. At one point he was just crying for food incessantly and I fed him from both breasts til I had nothing left. Finally the nurse said he might be dehydrated and gave him boiled water which he guzzled down, I felt terrible I hadn't realised what he needed. Anyway everything's fine now, just need to keep an eye on him.
Gill and pinkranger, sorry once again for the mixup with the email my dp sent with Gills birth announcement, it was so typical that I got your text whilst in hospital!
mil goes home tomorrow finally, dp has to take her home because she can't possibly get a direct train with a lift to and from the stations... so he will be away two days. And then he's back at work so we've had no time together with baby. Grrr!!!