Our last moment at home as a family of three:
MONDAY: 17th - Happy Birthday Pierce Daniel...he gets his own special blog post. :)
TUESDAY: 18th - We were so worn out from the events of Pierce's birth that I just couldn't get up and down more than necessary so sometime in the night, I grabbed my freshly born boy and put him in bed with me. I slept hard and awakened only a few times in the night to nurse or go potty/change diapers. Oh how I have forgotten how incredible it feels to hold a newly born baby on my chest and just breathe him in. There's nothing in the whole wide world that compares. Despite the delivery, my pain level wasn't too terrible, but I did feel like the drugs were wearing off before I could take my next dose. More than anything the swelling made moving around more difficult than it was after Parker's birth. Before we knew it, morning rounds were upon us so lights were flipped on and resident Dr. Taylor, my OB Dr. Perez, pediatrician Dr. Arizona and nurses Jennifer and Erika stopped by to take vitals for both me and Pierce, look at my sutures and chat about our delivery and the recovery that could be expected. I expressed that I even though I was hurting, I very much would like to be discharged today. The interrupted sleep in a hospital is one of a kind. Cookie, Chief, Hannah, Bekah and Berto stopped by to say good morning, pass Pierce around and collect their share of kisses before heading back to Navasota and Longview. Baba took Parker to school where he shared the news of becoming a big brother. And then it was just the three of us. Daniel and I spent the day taking naps and passing Pierce back and forth, knowing that things will be much different once we're at home. We waited several hours for Pierce to be circumcised and then several more hours for all of our discharge paperwork to go through. After his "school day" our sweet Parker dropped by to see us and love on his baby brother. Watching Parker hold Pierce melted my heart and every bit of apprehension about becoming a mom to two melted away as well. I won't be naive. I know that we will struggle through our adjustment period, but I'm so happy to see the love all three of my boys have for one another. I'm a lucky lady! Our sweet nurse, Erika came to sit down with us and go through a few details before we left the hospital. We learned three interesting facts: 1) Just a little more than 24 hours after Pierce's delivery, the OB staff would sit down to a "class" discussing emergency vaginal deliveries. We were the patient/case discussed. 2) Our OB resident just may decide to become an obstetrician after being a part of our delivery/Pierce's birthday. 3) We were just a few pushes and minutes away from being wheeled next door to the OR (the room was already prepped for us). If I hadn't been able to get Pierce to the point where forceps could be used, we'd have been in surgery. Though I'd never risk my own life or the life of my child, I'm so thankful for God's provision in a surgery-less delivery. By 7:30 pm, we had our boy in the car and were on our way home. Woohoo! So looking forward to sleeping in my bed tonight!
WEDNESDAY: 19th - Our first night at home with Parker was absolutely horrible, probably more because of Honey but still - we slept terribly and will never forget the craze of that night. I had no expectations for our first night at home with Pierce and it went exceptionally well. I made the executive decision to put Pierce in bed with us and just nurse lying down and we all slept better than I could have imagined. I'm so thankful not to feel like a complete zombie my first day at home.
THURSDAY: 20th- My boys snuggled up together this morning before Parker went to school. They were oh so adorable. Daniel and I took Pierce to the pediatrician today for weight and Biliruben level check. Pierce checked out but I was told that if my milk didn't come in by tomorrow I'd have to start supplementing with formula. There's some concern for his jaundice, the fact that he is making it all night without a wet diaper and his weight has dropped to albs 14oz. The results of his Biliruben were rushed and his levels came back at an 11 so we will not have to return to the doctor until Monday. Thankfully my milk seems to be coming in so hopefully Pierce will continue to nurse well and we will see improvement in his weight and levels. Parker came home from school and was so funny. We were able to sit outside and watch him play and I realized TODAY is my due date. I'm so thankful that my boy is already here for me to love and kiss on. Though I have MUCH healing to do, I'm far more comfortable than I was this time last week.
FRIDAY: 21st - This morning we weren't as lazy as we have been. We got up and headed to the Wildlife Ranch for a little outing. I thought it would be something fun that we could all do together that wouldn't require me to walk much. We had a really great time and especially liked seeing the new section that just opened. Parker absolutely loves visiting the ranch. The last two trips he's gone alone with Daniel so he surprised me today by being able to identify a few of the deer without asking their names. Very smart! I'm sure I overdid it by making such a trip today but it felt nice (and normal) to get out of the house. Pierce man did great and really didn't even know he'd left home.
SATURDAY: 22nd - We spent the day at home, relaxing and loving on our sweet baby. I can't get enough of his sweet snuggles and absolutely love staring at his precious face.
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