December 17, 2007

Just got back from William's 2 week check up. He is now 6 pounds 11 ounces and still 19.75 inches long. They like babies to be back to their birth-weight by the time they are 2 weeks old. Since he lost alot, had jaundice, they've been monitoring his weight. He was 6 pounds and 6 ounces on Tuesday, so he is gaining an ounce a day, which is what he is suppose to do, so he is doing well. His jaundice is clearing up, you can still see it in his eyes though, but his eyes keep on getting bluer and bluer, which means its clearing from his eyes as well.

We have a thumb-sucker on our hands. Doc says that is fine, and actually encourages that as to oppose to pacifiers.

Doc scheduled us to see a LLL consultant at the hospital William was born at, so we can hopefully get him to latching and say good-bye to pumping. Hope it works, as I would really love to bond with William that way.

Doc says its about time to get him to lay on his back and get him stimulated, with things such as a playmat, etc. He's more alert to be stimulated now.

Doc and a Nurse also wondered how much weight I had lost. I just assumed it was the 11 pounds I had gained with William. So I got on the scales. I am 22 pounds lighter then when I started out PG. That means I have lost 33 pounds!! Holy crap!! Thats outrageous. But I guess they also say that the breast feeding (or pumping) has alot to do with that. Just nice to know that I have not only lost the pregnancy weight, but even more (I was obese pre-PG). My stomach still hangs "flabbily" like its a deflated balloon, but I think once I am able to start exercising, that it will tone back up. I will take pictures to show you the 2 week post-partum difference (later).

Other then that, she wants William to come back on the 26th for a weight check just to make sure he is gaining where he should be.