XP: Quick Adalyn Update 4/29
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Hey ladies! I just wanted to write a quick little something about our last glorious 3 days at home! It is soooooooo much better taking care of Adalyn at home. It is so wonderful not to have to drive to the hospital, and the equipment isn't really all that hard to deal with. We've given her a couple of baths already (which she absolutely loves) and she has gone through several costume changes throughout the day.
We've set up shop in the living room, since that is where our recliners are, along with the TV, and it is central to the house. She is hooked up to a large Oxygen tank there with a 25 foot cable that allows us to reach the bathroom. We totally nap while Adalyn is lying on our chest, and the other person gets to sleep in bed. So far DH has taken the overnight shifts (ie, 2a-7a), but I may do so tonight. We have been living on coffee, and Adalyn is adjusting really well! The TV on doesn't bother her and neither do the dogs (who bark when anything moves by the front door)--she will sleep through anything.
She eats ever 3 hours during the day and every 4 hours overnight. We say that the monster is stirring, because if she doesn't get fed within 15 minutes of rousing, she cries bloody murder! We've had no problem with her feeds, and actually find that she wants to eat more. We had a maximum that we could feed her when we got discharged, but we've had to go over about an ounce more a day because she just needs it. Tomorrow is our first pediatrician appointment and we're going to see if we can either increase her max or not have a max. (Her neonatologist had a max because he didn't want her to have fluid overload due to her lung issue).
Her oxygen need has been about the same--next to a sliver of nothing most of the time and a little more during her feeds. Hopefully she will be able to go off the oxygen in the next month or so.
Here is a pic in her Lady Bug sleeper with a hat. BTW, I only have about 45 seconds from when a hat is placed on her head before she starts screaming wanting it taken off. 
Me: PCOS DH: Low everything (MFI)
Clomid with TI x 3 2010 BFN
Clomid+IUI+Ovidrel 2010 BFN
IVF w/ICSI #1 2011
9/8/11 Beta #1: 2082!! 9/19/11 Beta#2 34,689!! U/S 9/22/11 HR 127! 11/8/11 HR 150! 12/6/11 HR 136! 12/14/11 HR 139! Born at 26w2d on 2/4/2012! After 83 days in the NICU, Adalyn came home on 4/26/12!
FET 1 3/2013 BFN
FET 2 5/2013 BFN
Re: XP: Quick Adalyn Update 4/29
TTC#2=July 2011: Surprise BFP: Chemical Pregnancy
"When it comes to sleeping, whatever your baby does is normal. If one thing has damaged parents enjoyment of their babies, it's rigid expectations about how and when the baby should sleep." ~ James McKenna, Ph.D., Mother Baby Behavioral Sleep Center, University of Notre Dame
IVF#1 Oct 2009 (CCRM) - BFN
IVF#2 March 2010 - Poor response/cancelled
DE IVF#1 Aug 2010 - BFN
DE IVF#2 Dec 2010 - Transferred 1, 2 frozen - BFP!
TTC#2 FET Jan 2013 - Transferred 1 - BFP!
IVF #1 = BFP!! So blessed to have our baby boy! IVF #2 = Convert to frozen - 1 frostie! IVF #3 = Convert to frozen - 1 frostie! FET #1 = 8/14, Two transferred, One stuck! Praying for another healthy miracle! Due: 5/2/13
So glad that you're all home and settling into a routine.
I hope her pedi appointment goes well and that she continues to get better and better.
And I love ladybugs...she's absolutely precious!!!
Unexplained Infertility
After two Clomid cycles, three injectable IUI cycles, two IVFs, two miscarriages, and one lap surgery, IVF #2 has brought us our little boy!
TTC #2
After months of being postponed or cancelled, FET #1.3 (Natural FET) brought us twin girls!
So cute! I love her little ladybug hat!
Yay for being home and getting settled in...it is so nice to be in your own environment! Congrats!