Maci's Birth Story Continued

Well since we are all now adjusted to the news that we are staying in the hospital for a full 4th day, mommy figured it would be a good time to update all our friends/family on our stay thus far!

Day 3

Miss Maci had a GREAT day 3!!  Maci has finally adjusted to her lil light bed thanks to her darn jaundice condition.  The pediatrician we are working with is AWESOME and he says this will all be a memory real soon :)  This was also the day that mommy and daddy realized they are going to be an a OK team!  Daddy helps get the pump ready while mommy nurses and then while mommy pumps, daddy is the formula feeder.  We weren't planning on using any formula but you do what you got to do when lil baby girl only weighs 5lbs 10oz at this point and we don't want to lose any more weight!  Mommy is by far the better burper but daddy is heads and tails above mommy in the diaper changing department which is quite the happy surprise to mommy!  This lil peanut is by far the cutest baby we have ever seen but we may be slightly partial :)  In all seriousness, she proving to be a great baby and just rolls with the punches that have come with her jaundice thus far!

Day 4

This has been a day of mixed emotions!  Mommy and Daddy woke up fully preparing to leave the hospital today and even started figuring out how we would help Boomer adjust this afternoon.  When Maci came back from the nursery for her final feeding of the morning, we heard some bummer news - her blood work for her jaundice showed at the same darn level as Day 3.  We weren't sure what this was going to mean until we saw the pediatrician.  Once we saw him we were super elated as he said there was no reason not to leave today at 2p around her birth time and we would just have someone visit our home tomorrow to check in on the remaining jaundice.  No sooner did mommy text Grandma Gilroy the great news, the pediatrician came back in to grab daddy.  It turns out insurance covers mommy to be in the hospital for 4 full days with a C Section.  Since we had lil girl at 2p on Wed, Sunday at 2p is the end of our 4 days.  Due to all the darn Influenza and her size, he feels we should milk all the time we can get in the hospital with her advanced lighting technology so that we have the best odds of not rebounding or having to bring her to Children's.  While this makes total sense, mommy had to cry over several total superficial items like : wanting to put her in her go home outfit today and not tomorrow, Boomer wasn't meeting his best buddy today and mommy couldn't start on her to do list at the house :)  Silly Mommy!  To cheer mommy up, Daddy encouraged her to go to her favorite Etsy site and order a few gifts for our daughter with her monogram and birth details!!  Only daddy knows how to cheer mommy up like this.

We cant wait to give our next update with us at home and Maci meeting her fur brothers and seeing her room!  In the meantime, enjoy some more pics of our angel.

Much Love,
C, K & M