Day 8, March 1
Maya is one week old today. Today was the first day we didn't have to go to the hospital for a blood draw. Maya wasn't on the biliblanket today so we gave her her first sponge bath at home. She peed on me during it. When her hair is wet, it curls. It's very cute. I wouldn't be surprised if she has curly hair in the future, given mine and Derek's hair. We had another rough day with feedings. I called the lactation consultant and she gave me a few tips. If tonight doesn't go any better I may schedule an appointment with her tomorrow (even though I wasn't very impressed with her in the hospital). Our friend J brought over some cute clothes for Maya while I was on the phone. He held Maya again. His wife called later and offered to come over and sit with Maya for a few hours if we needed a break. Their little one is a little over five weeks older than Maya and sleeping pretty well at night. My friend T came over later in the evening. She let me borrow her nursing pillow and gave me a few pointers on breast feeding. Maya latched on and nursed for a long time while she was here. Hoping that this continues through the night and coming days.
Day 9, March 2
Feedings are still going well. Many thanks to my friend T. We had what will hopefully be the last heel stick this morning. Hooray, when they called with the results in the afternoon, her number was way down. We are done with blood draw and the biliblanket. Derek was changing her diaper today and the pooped on him. It was everywhere. Pretty impressive.
Day 10, March 3
I don't want to jinx it, but I think we may be getting the hang of nursing. It is still going well. Today would have been my 40 week appointment with the ob had Maya not come early.
Day 11, March 4
Today was our due date (at least in IN. The doctor in CA had our due date as March 5). I expected to be giving birth sometime today or tomorrow based on my slow progress and doctor not wanting to let me go past my due date. Instead we have a 10 day old. Maya had an appointment with her pediatrician again today to check her weight. The improvement in nursing was evident. She was up to 5 lbs 14 oz, that is up 7 oz in five days. The doctor said he likes to see at least 0.5 to 1 oz per day and anything over that is gangbusters. He took care of all her two week visit stuff, even though it was a little early. He said that we didn't have to worry about waking her up to feed her every 2 to 3 hours now. I went to the doctor in the afternoon. I'd had a low grade fever since we'd come home and I called to talk to the nurse about it. She suggested I come in and see someone. I saw the midwife for the first time. She poked around and prescribed some antibiotics. She said the antibiotics I had during labor probably took care of any uterine infection but with the fever and soreness she'd rather be safe than sorry. Now we are on the lookout for thrush.
Maya's grandparents and two of her uncles came to visit today. It was the first time any of them had been here since her birth. Unfortunately, Derek's dad was sick and didn't get to hold her.
Day 12, March 5
Maya wasn't sure if she liked having so many strange visitors. She was a little cranky in the morning and wanted to nurse more than usual. When everyone left to get lunch, Maya and I snuggled and took a nap. She was a little less cranky in the afternoon.
Day 13, March 6
All of our visitors left today. It was nice to see everyone but it was a lot more stressful than I had anticipated. It's nice for things to be settling back into our new normal.
Day 14, March 7
Maya had her professional newborn photo shoot this evening. Despite the fact that I fed her before we left, she was wide awake for the whole thing. Hopefully she got some good photos though.
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