Sunday, July 13, 2008

1st week with Angie

It's nearly been a week since we brought Angie home with us. Overall, things are going quite well. Angie has taken well to the breast, and since I have started taking the herbal supplements (More Milk Plus made by MotherLove- it has a combination of Fenugreek Seed, Blessed Thistle, Nettle Leaf, and Fennel Seed) the feedings have improved.

Yesterday I kept track of how much I breastfed her, and how many wet/poopy diapers she had. In a 24 hour period, she had 9 wet diapers and 7 poopy diapers and this was with 11 feedings. Sorry for the TMI, but being a nurse, measuring how much is going in and coming out is very important!

Tomorrow we are going to have her weighed and she will have a repeat bilirubin drawn. On Friday it was 14, (higher than it was when she was discharged from the hospital on Monday) so the MD wanted to recheck it on Monday. I am sure that it is lower, since she has been feeding really well without supplementation and has had many wet/poopy diapers.

Here are some photos for your viewing pleasure:


3 comments:

AJ said...

I love Christopher's hair in that picture!

Angie is adoreable...she's making my baby fever worse!

Keelie said...

Adorable! They look like Alfonzo! I was hoping Caedmon would get Corey's complexion and dark hair - he started out dark, but has lightened up since - skin and hair. Oh well. Still, everyone that sees him says immediately that he looks like his dad.:)
Glad the breastfeeding is going well!

alanna rose said...

You have the cutest kids!