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MY LOVE, DAWXEN
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DAWXEN'S SUCH A TROOPER!
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Jun 15, 2010 02:00am (EST)
Dawxen is now back up on his feedings, 31cc/3 hrs. with calories of 27. He's been & still tolerating his feeds very well.  Doing well as usual with kangaroo-ing. I love holding him!! He got a bath last night, got his head measured, got a full body measurement, & weighed. Dawxen's now 42.5 cm (16.7 in.) long. He's getting bigger & longer!! He's now 1576g (3 lbs. 8 oz.). He's doing very, very well. Always sleeping good too... and still sleeping good. Today I let him have a day's rest... but I called in for an update on him... as I always do when I don't go in. His nurse said he's doing great, sleeping great. No significant changes... all is well with my little monkey!!
I spent a couple of hours yesterday afternoon with him. I got to hold him also... and he did so well. No desats at all... he slept so, so well. He was up for a little bit, then he knocked out as soon as i started humming to him & singing to him. I love spending time with my little dude. He makes me so happy. He's still having good BM's also. I just can't wait for him to come home. I'm so super excited to finally be able to bring him when he's able to come home.... I pray everyday for his to continue breathing well on his own to overcome the oxygen/nasal cannula... so that he's able to come with us. But again, it's all on what he wants to do. We're on his terms.
Ended yesterday with a good day of relaxation at the beach with a friend & her almost 2 year old daughter. It was a good way to end the night... fun in some hot, hot Florida heat!! It's been way hot down here and I'm so not liking it & I'm so glad that Dawxen is not out in this heat... it's just waaayyyyyy too hot!!
So tomorrow is my 6 wks postpartum check up. It feels like it took forever to get here. I just hope it's all good news tomorrow... that no bad things come of it. I hope that there'll be nothing that will stand in my way, our way when we want to have another kid. I just pray for all good news, I hope it's not too much to ask for. God's been beyond wonderful to us, with all the blessings. So last week, Friday, I started bleeding again, what could have been my TOM, but I'm not sure... I have a feeling it was, but it's hard to differ, everything is so different now, after pregnancy. I'm still discharging though. Not red blood, but more like a light pink to brown. Could it still be left over tissue from the pregnancy? Not sure, I'm gonna ask my midwife tomorrow at my appt.
I've been so frustrated... the computer has been acting up these past couple of days and getting on here to post anything was so tough... I hate when things like this happen, especially when my husband is gone... something always has to break down or go wrong when he's gone. Gosh, sometimes I wish he was back home already. We still have 4 weeks... and I know he'll be home in no time. No hurry there. With being frustrated at the smallest things and feeling overly exerted... my husband did make my day. Spent most our weekend texting each other, while they were in port on their trip. I love it when I hear from him, he just makes everything better, even when he's far, he can just tell me to be calm & that all will be okay. My better half, what would I do without my boys.
I feel like I can't even catch up with my sleep. As much as I've gotten this pumping schedule down to the T... I feel at times like I don't get enough sleep. That not getting enough sleeps takes a toll on me, like not wanting to get up in the mornings... I just wanna curl up in bed & stay there. Everything seems too exhausting, but it's all for a good cause, my son. Everything I do now, exhausting or not, hard or not, it's all for Dawxen.
To leave you ladies, my dear friends, here's a picture of Dawxen, sleeping so good on mommy. Thanks ladies for all the wonderful and encouraging comments!
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MINOR CHANGES FOR DAWXEN'S FEEDINGS.
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Jun 13, 2010 01:16am (EST)
Today Dawxen is 33 weeks gestational. He's 1 month & 20 days old today. Oh, how time flies. Went to go see my love this afternoon. He's doing great. The on duty neonatalogist decided to up his calories from 24 to 27 and his feeding down to 28cc/3 hrs. from 31cc/3 hrs. until he gains weight again & then his feedings will go back up. So with that note, last night Dawxen's nurse told me he was running low on milk already... I was like, "really?!" So I had to stop by my friend's house today to invade her deep freezer where we're keeping his milk. I took 2 gallon size ziploc bags of MAY milk to the hospital for him. He should be fully stocked for the next couple of weeks until I have to bring in more. He's eating so well. When I got there, I wanted to hold him, and I did. But my time got cut short cause his nurse today came & put him back in his bed for his 3pm feeding... I wished she'd just let me hold him while he got his feeding like his other nurses do... but all the nurses are different I guess. And I like going at night to spend time with him better cause it's less noisy.
I'm so blessed to have such a good baby. Dawxen is so chilled & relaxed. He doesn't cry at all, except when he has a bad dream or is startled & when he was intubated. He's so relaxed when his nurse had to untangle his wires or change him. He gets fussy a little bit here and there when it comes to changing his diaper or getting his face cleaned, but then he eases up to it and just lays there, asleep. Mama loves that he's such a good listener and such a very, very good baby. I'm heavenly blessed. And he sleeps so well.
So we have yet to get him a diaper bag before he comes home, I think I might go get it next week. My husband & I saw one we liked at BABIES R US a couple of weeks ago. It's black & white and is perfect for the both of us, not too guy-ish & not too girlie. I'm not much of a girlie girl, so the diaper pick was a good touch. And we decided to get just one, that way we don't have to pack so much & do we really need two?... We don't think so. We also have yet to get him a bath tub and a few more things before he comes home. Just the little things left to get. He's got his crib, stroller, & car seat already. Those were the major things that he needed. More things will come.
I'm so exhausted, so off to bed I go... we'll see how long I sleep until it's time for me to get up and pump. Oh the joys of breast pumping. Good night Mamas!!
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MINOR CHANGES FOR DAWXEN'S FEEDINGS.
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Jun 13, 2010 01:14am (EST)
Went to go see my love this afternoon. He's doing great. The on duty neonatalogist decided to up his calories from 24 to 27 and his feeding down to 28cc/3 hrs. from 31cc/3 hrs. until he gains weight again & then his feedings will go back up. So with that note, last night Dawxen's nurse told me he was running low on milk already... I was like, "really?!" So I had to stop by my friend's house today to invade her deep freezer where we're keeping his milk. I took 2 gallon size ziploc bags of MAY milk to the hospital for him. He should be fully stocked for the next couple of weeks until I have to bring in more. He's eating so well. When I got there, I wanted to hold him, and I did. But my time got cut short cause his nurse today came & put him back in his bed for his 3pm feeding... I wished she'd just let me hold him while he got his feeding like his other nurses do... but all the nurses are different I guess. And I like going at night to spend time with him better cause it's less noisy.
I'm so blessed to have such a good baby. Dawxen is so chilled & relaxed. He doesn't cry at all, except when he has a bad dream or is startled & when he was intubated. He's so relaxed when his nurse had to untangle his wires or change him. He gets fussy a little bit here and there when it comes to changing his diaper or getting his face cleaned, but then he eases up to it and just lays there, asleep. Mama loves that he's such a good listener and such a very, very good baby. I'm heavenly blessed. And he sleeps so well.
So we have yet to get him a diaper bag before he comes home, I think I might go get it next week. My husband & I saw one we liked at BABIES R US a couple of weeks ago. It's black & white and is perfect for the both of us, not too guy-ish & not too girlie. I'm not much of a girlie girl, so the diaper pick was a good touch. And we decided to get just one, that way we don't have to pack so much & do we really need two?... We don't think so. We also have yet to get him a bath tub and a few more things before he comes home. Just the little things left to get. He's got his crib, stroller, & car seat already. Those were the major things that he needed. More things will come.
I'm so exhausted, so off to bed I go... we'll see how long I sleep until it's time for me to get up and pump. Oh the joys of breast pumping. Good night Mamas!!
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LOSING WEIGHT...
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Jun 12, 2010 02:54pm (EST)
I feel so exhausted going back and forth to the hospital!!! I can't wait until Dawxen comes home with us, so that we can stop going to the hospital to see him. Sometimes I give us both a break and give him a day's worth of restful sleep... but then I miss him so much and I have to see him the next day. I just keep telling myself, my son is worth the drive back and forth... he's worth everything. And did I mention, pumping is exhausting, a true full time job. I've considered quitting on pumping, but then I again, tell myself, it's for my love... and it's the best for him. And then I continue & never stop. I have my pumping schedule pretty set... I pump all day, everyday... goodness. Non-stop, usually a good 2-3 hours in between each pumping & when I'm running errands or doing something where I can't just pump, it's usually like a 6 hour window gap until I'm able to pump again... and man, does it feel good to pump after that many hours. LOL!! So with all sorts of exhaustion, I try to get as much rest as possible... sometimes it feels so surreal... but the outcome is such a rewarding gift. Soon Dawxen will be home with us.
So I went to see my love yesterday & I got to hold him. He absolutely loves being held!! He's losing weight, his nurses think he's losing weight because he's on diuretics... and he's had a few good BM's in this past week. He's now down to 1543g (a little over 3 lbs. 6 oz.). I hope that he doesn't lose anymore weight. And if he does, they're gonna give him more calories to see if he gains back the weight. He's been eating great though, all his feeding, he's finished them all, no residuals. He's now at 31cc of breast milk every 3 hours. So it's not the eating that's going wrong, probably just the diuretics... getting used to them. I hope, really hope he'll start the gaining again. Despite the weight loss, he looks bigger than what he weighs. He's got his last iv out, so he's iv free!! YAY!! So he now only has his censor on his foot, his feeding tube, & his nasal cannula!! YAY!! I'm so proud of him, of how far he's come & everything he's had to go through in his months age! Last night, Dawxen's nurse says to me, "You're truly lucky that he has no brain bleeds or anything of that matter in his brain." I said to her, yes, i'm very thankful that he doesn't have anything wrong with his brain, especially being born at 25 wks & 6 days. I'm am truly blessed, we're truly blessed, with our little miracle baby. Dawxen is truly our miracle, because (I don't remember if I've mentioned, just a month before we conceived him, i had a miscarriage at 8 wks... and I was devastated, we both were. It was truly the hardest time for us, it was unbearable. But then we got pregnant with Dawxen. We knew we were blessed.) of him in our lives, everything is at peace, life is great. I can't remember my life before him, he makes my life so much brighter and I have more than everything to look forward to. Onto another note, he's back in his isolete house... and he absolutely loves it cause it keeps out all the noise and he can escape the light for a restful sleep!! I'm also very glad that he's back in his isolete. It's always great news to hear that our little one is doing good.
Here's a few pictures of him from last night, sleeping, stretching, trying to pull away on his cannula, all the fun tiny moments! They're all so precious! Enjoy!
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MY LITTLE POSER!!
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Jun 10, 2010 07:30pm (EST)
So last night I went to see Dawxen again. We try to go everyday to see him and most of the time we do... but there are those days that we need to take a break and have time to ourselves, especially with all that we're going through. So since my husband is gone for work, I go almost everyday. Going to see Dawxen everyday is such a relief for me, to know that the NICU team is doing such a great job at taking care of my little guy. I always look forward to seeing him, most of all, holding him. I love that when I go visit him, I always find him in different sleeping positions that are so cute and so him. He's a crazy sleeper just like his Daddy. Arms always up, whether its over his face or both arms up. It's so cute. And being in the NICU, they have them sleep on their tummies sometimes and Dawxen loves that too. He's a wiggler which ever way he's sleeping, tummy or back. When he wiggles and stretches, he lifts up his butt like he's trying to go somewhere. He' so strong and so smart already. So we did kangaroo care, he absolutely loves it cause he sleeps so well. He'll be up for the transition from his bed to me & then once he gets comfy on me, he knocks out until it's time for the transition from me to his bed. Though last night, he didn't even wake up being put back in his bed, he was sleeping so well. He also lost a bit of weight. Tuesday night he weighed 1680g (3 lbs. 11.3 oz.) & last night he weighed in at 1540g (3 lbs. 6.3 oz.). But it's from having such a big BM Tuesday night before I left. He gave Mommy a big dirty diaper. His cannula air flow liter is now down to 4 liters from 5. His oxygen level is still between 30%-40%. Not desatting as much. Eating great with his full feeds now. YAY!! And he got his PICC line taken out finally, after 3 weeks. Now he just has the one iv left. My cutie pie is doing great!! I'm so very thankful & blessed.
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HE'S GETTING SO BIG!
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Jun 09, 2010 06:30pm (EST)
So today, my son, Dawxen is 1 month & 17 days old. He now weighs 3 lbs. 12.3 oz. He's doing so well. Last night I went in to see him & I also got to kangaroo with him. He loves to be held, the skin on skin contact. He sleeps so well when Mommy's holding him. I also cleaned him up... washed up his face, cleaned his mouth, took his temperature, & changed his diaper. I love being a MOMMY! It's the most rewarding gift in the world. He still has his PICC line in, but I'm hoping, since they haven't needed it for anything since like the weekend, I'm hoping it'll be out soon... it's been like 3 weeks. He also got another iv in the other day after his Arterial line came out. He got a blood transfusion Monday and last night, he looked so much better... a little darker and pinker. That's always a plus. He's been tolerating & eating great. He's now on a consistent 30cc of breast milk every 3 hours since he's doing so well. I'm so proud of Dawxen, all that he's been through. I thank God each & everyday for blessing us with such a wonderful, strong, & healthy little guy!
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