Today was Stailynne's 4-day well baby appt. the past few days have been exhausting, so i'm glad that my mom was there to help me since tai had to go back to work already.
She picked us up at the house in the morning, and we headed off to Kaiser South for her appt. I was happy that this was going to be our only appt there. Kaiser South is so busy. i know that coz i work there. all of her future appointments are going to be at Elk Grove Kaiser.
We got to her appointment and was escorted to the exam room in the back. I answered all the questions about what her poop looked like, and how many diapers i went through in a day, etc. We took all of her clothes off so that she could be weighed. They measured her length from head to toe, and also around her head.
She had lost weight which made me really sad. I know it had to do with my problems with breastfeeding. i just had no idea what i was doing. and it was obvious that she wasn't getting much to eat. that was probably one of my lowest points as a mother.
The NP went over latching, and tried to show me breastfeeding positions. it's so much harder than it looks! and she also said that she looked a little yellow. that's a sign of hyperbillirubin. yeah that's a big word for jaundice. i know a lot of babies get readmitted into the hospital for this. i was hoping that she didn't have it coz hospitals make me feel so uncomfortable.
we went to the lab to have her blood drawn and had to wait around for an hour for the results. in the mean time, i took her to my department for my co-workers to see.
after an hour, we went back to the clinic and found out that she didn't have to get admitted for jaundice. thank god!
my mom dropped us at home, and back to the couch we slept. i love that couch!!! and back to trying to breastfeed her. gosh it hurts to much.
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