Christian Momma

Well, I finally did get a call back from the nurse. She said that I could come in today for a BP check…I asked her if I was going to have to pay for it and she said yes…so I asked if I could just got to Wal-Mart. She told me that would be fine, so that’s what I did today. This time it was on the low end of normal…127/71. My thinking is the other day I took my BP pill with Coke…probably shouldn’t have done that. It’s a slow release pill (slowly releases over a 24 hour period), and taking it with Coke probably messed up the pill. Anyway, I called in my BP to the nurse and she was supposed to write it down in my chart. I’m not feeling dizzy like I did yesterday, but I have had a few “head rushes” from moving too fast.

Anyway, Kevin drove me down to the hospital last night (with my 13 frozen bottles of milk and 7 refrigerated ones…YEAH). I made it down there for their 6 pm feeding. Well, the nurse asked me right away if I wanted to nurse Andrew…I jumped at the chance (figuring that he’d do what he did the last time). Well, he latched on and drank for 6 full minutes before giving up!! He did wonderfully!! I was so excited!! I didn’t get the chance to try with Daniel this time, but I’ll make sure he gets to try the next time! I was so relieved that he actually did it! I was afraid that neither one would latch on and I’d be pumping forever!! I know Daniel can latch on, since he did the last time, so I know he can do it too!! The nurse I had last night was telling me that it’ll only be a matter of time before I’ll be nursing them both at the same time!!
I took the car seats in last night too. They have to do what is called a “Car Seat Challenge”, where they monitor the baby as they are strapped into the car seat to see if they have any issues for 1/2 hour. They like to do this a few days before discharge. Oh and my boys are already circumsized too!! They said they’d do that a couple days before discharge! I’m so excited…things are moving right along!! They should be getting their Hepititus B shot and Synergist shot today (or Saturday).

I’m hoping they don’t have any issues and gain their weight so they can come home Monday!! I guess Excited doesn’t really explain my feelings…but I think you all can get the picture!!