Week Two with Matthew

Off to Beverly hospital we went to have them draw blood from my little man again... Thankfully my mom was able to come with us! The results were positive... Trending down to 13.8 and then home to relax. Matthew and I relaxed while my mom cleaned and did laundry for us! Best. Mom. Ever. I seriously don't know what I would go without her!

Thursday we headed back to the pediatrician for a weight check. We didn't get good news - and I had a minor heart attack when they first out him on the scale and it said 6lbs 14oz?!?! What? Luckily the scale needed new batteries and just a minute later he is 7lbs 2oz. Still not great because this meant he hadnt gained any weight and he should be. Concern flowed through me. The doctor set us up with a lactation appointment that night and sent us back to Beverly hospital to test his bilirubin level again. Good news for the jaundice. Continuing to trend down at 13.4.

And the lactation appointment went okay - little guy just needs to be kept awake when he feeds by stripping him down to his diaper and playing with his feet / arms to keep him eating. Scheduled a weight check for Saturday to check the progress.

Sat appointment did not go well - still not gaining, but all other signs are good. Is he just flushing out the billirubin? Do I have enough milk? One hospital grade pump later and an SNS later... We are instructed to supplement an oz of formula or pumped milk when available at the end of a feeding if he will take it. Needless to say... I am nervous. Scared. And feeling like maybe formula is the way to go. But I decided to stick with it to see what happens.

Monday weight check... 7.5!! Woohoo. Something is working. And we started taking funugreek to help boost supply. They said keep up the supplementing for now and come up next week.