Evelyn had her first doctor's appointment today. I was required by my insurance to take her to my general practitioner until the end of this month, however after tomorrow I'll be able to put her into her own medical group and get her to see a pediatrician.
Her first checkup was all great news! She's "recovered" her weight from birth (babies generally lose a pound) and now weights 8 lbs 14 oz. She's grown in length too - if I remember correctly she was 19 in at birth and she's 24 in. The doctor said her skin looked good, her ears looked good, her eyes looked good, she didn't have any "clicky" hips and she has a strong cry!
I asked questions in regards to her skin peeling so much in some places (and just being flaky in others), but she assured me it was normal and would heal itself. She said it was a sign of a full term baby, that babies in the womb longer have more peeling. Who would have thought? I also asked about the fact that she makes a lot of noise in regards to bowel movements, but she said that as long as she has bowel movements (oh yeah, she's a champion pooper - at least two dirty diapers before she's done nursing after a nap) there was nothing to worry about.
So all in all - Evy is doing wonderfully so far!
Other great news: She lost her umbilical cord tonight! I'm excited to be able to give her a tub bath and also not to have to worry about folding down her diaper in the front to make room for the stub.
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The clean version of Evy's birth story will be first - for those of you not interested in messy details like hemorrhaging and catheters :P We've been discharged from the hospital & are home! Looking forward to getting some sleep - hospitals are the hardest places to sleep! Evy's happy & doing well :P Born @ 1:55am - April 19th. 8 lbs 11 ounces, 18 inches long, 14 cm around head - strawberry blonde hair :) So. Tired. Water broke @ home @ around 10pm - pushed for about an hour. No drugs - until Pictocin afterward because of the bleeding. Well, its been a week since my last appointment and no baby. I guess that means that whatever he did it must not have been enough to force my body to do anything it wasn't already planning on doing. I went to my 39 week OB appointment yesterday. Again I waited an hour and half - yuck. I've been feeling really crappy these past two weeks. Symptoms include being very tired, having my strong heartburn return, hot flashes and nausea. Luckily - I haven't actually gotten sick as that is just terrible. I'm not sure if this is common, towards the end of pregnancy, to fee like this - but I do. This morning, as every morning, I was stopped and asked "how much longer" and it shocked me to look down at my watch and realize that I technically only had a week left until her medical due date. ONE WEEK! Now I'm guessing she's going to be late - certainly not early - so I'm trying not to let the whole "ONE WEEK" statement freak me out. My sister gave me a DVD awhile back that was given to her by her hospital when she gave birth to Ezekiel. It explains everything you need to know for the first few months that you're at home with your newborn. I kept meaning to watch it - and finally I did on Monday. |