Baby Scotty: First few days
Friday 29th: Scotty has low blood glucose. They monitored and fed frequently to keep his #s up.
Saturday: Breathing is doing great. Blood glucose is great. Passed hearing test. Bilirubin levels are fine. Still not crying… a quiet little soul.
Sunday: Was a rough day for mama. Post Baby Hormones crept in and I was feeling emotional. We hoped to be able to go home a day early and surprise the kids when they got home from church. But my blood pressure was too high and they wanted me to start meds and watch me for another day. So I got my hopes up… and then I cried.
Jimmy arrived Sunday morning and within a few minutes these 4 Brothers & Sisters knocked on the door asking if we wanted to partake of the sacrament. So neat! They broke 2 little bites of bread, blessed it, and we ate. Then they squirted some water into little cups, blessed it, and we drank. It really was so sweet to participate in that sacred ordinance in a different setting… something humbling about it. No hymns… no sacrament meeting talks… just the most important Sabbath ordinance. I love that!
Baby Scotty had a good day! He slept. He ate. He pooped. He burped. He occasionally opened his eyes. And he received lots of loves from a mama and papa.
Congratulations on your new babe from a random blog-lurker who admires you! :-)
I had a hormonal cry-fest in the hospital with EVERY one of my c-sections (four). My husband now jokes that it’s “not a stay at the hospital until Beth has cried her eyes out.” (I made the joke first, so he is allowed to make it. It’s true!)
Hang in there these first weeks (and, who am I kidding — MONTHS)! You will make it; I have been reading long enough to know that!!