Meet my daughter, Adria Nicole Major!!

[Joemonkey]

well we're home now, they ended up having to put an IV in her foot Adria is still lethargic and has gone quite some time without a dirty diaper, but the bilirubin levels are slowly dropping. They said if she doesn't poo by 9pm tonight to "stimluate her rectum" to try to get things moving... I don't know if I can bring myself to do that.

 

[Joemonkey]

OP edited with one of the saddest pictures i've ever taken, my week old baby girl in an incubator with an IV in her foot...

 

[KarenMarie]

it is so hard to have an ill baby.
I cannot imagine what you must be going thru to have to see your little child in an incubator.

My prayers will be with your little one for a full and speedy recovery.

 

[SilverTorch]

Congrats!

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie


it is so hard to have an ill baby.
I cannot imagine what you must be going thru to have to see your little child in an incubator.

My prayers will be with your little one for a full and speedy recovery.

she's OK now, but she lost a little over a pound. Mom wasn't producing much milk at all, and we had no idea. Now she is on formula and a much happier, healthier baby.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: KarenMarie


it is so hard to have an ill baby.
I cannot imagine what you must be going thru to have to see your little child in an incubator.

My prayers will be with your little one for a full and speedy recovery.

she's OK now, but she lost a little over a pound. Mom wasn't producing much milk at all, and we had no idea. Now she is on formula and a much happier, healthier baby.

Not to be too graphic or anything... but the not producing milk thing... Was your wife not able to produce enough at all? I had the same problem at first... but the doctors gave me ideas and suggestions on how to ...erm... hard to word it.. 'increase the flow'.

I tried formula for a few weeks with VeggieFrog when I did not make enough... but she got sooooo colic... it was torture for me to see her in so much pain... so the docs told me what to do and i was fine after that.

i am glad she is getting better. it is horrible to see your tiny baby be ill and feel helpless and scared.

 

[Vich]

congrats

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: KarenMarie


it is so hard to have an ill baby.
I cannot imagine what you must be going thru to have to see your little child in an incubator.

My prayers will be with your little one for a full and speedy recovery.

she's OK now, but she lost a little over a pound. Mom wasn't producing much milk at all, and we had no idea. Now she is on formula and a much happier, healthier baby.

Not to be too graphic or anything... but the not producing milk thing... Was your wife not able to produce enough at all? I had the same problem at first... but the doctors gave me ideas and suggestions on how to ...erm... hard to word it.. 'increase the flow'.

I tried formula for a few weeks with VeggieFrog when I did not make enough... but she got sooooo colic... it was torture for me to see her in so much pain... so the docs told me what to do and i was fine after that.

i am glad she is getting better. it is horrible to see your tiny baby be ill and feel helpless and scared.

she would try with the aid of a "nipple shield" that was supposed to help Adria latch on. When Adria would pull away, we would figure she ate her fill, and there would be a teaspoon or so of milk left in the shield. Turns out that teaspoon is all she was producing. She pumped both breasts for about 15 minutes each using a nice $400 electric pump and got less than 4ml. She says they don't feel engorged or anything either.