Peeper Update - From Whozat!

First: Thank you all so much for your comments, well-wishes, and such. 

Peeper is still in the hospital, and Shrike and I are still staying there with her, but we've come home for a couple of hours to shower and get clean clothes for us all.

Which involved figuring out what pants fit me now, and digging through Peep's dresser for anything "newborn" size - which is still likely to be too big; the preemie size seems to fit her just right.

Of course, I'll blog about the details, my birth story, and our whole experience once we're all home and recovered and have time, but I wanted to give a quick update, and post a few photos from the actual camera (not the cell phone). 

As LadyKay alluded to in her update (expect more new via her til we're all home), we spent all day yesterday trying to keep Peeper awake long enough to eat. 

Once her bilirubin started coming down, she's perked up a lot. I'm pumping and so far, we've only had to give her a tiny bit of formula, mostly to "top off."

While Shrike and I are at home today, Peeper is getting one full meal of formula (which Shrike's mom was going to give her right after we left). 

This meal is formula because in the wee hours last night, she took 35 cc at one feeding, then 45 cc at the next. Her "required amount" is 25 cc within 30 minutes per feeding, so I was hard put to complain about her eating up her next meal that was "in the bank" before I could make more!

When we left, I'd just finished pumping 30 cc for her next meal, so I'm back "ahead" of her, and when we get back, I will nurse her (as much as she will) and give her what's already pumped and then pump for the next meal.

Over all, the three of us are holding up pretty well. Shrike and I are trying our best to sleep between feedings, and the nurses and her family are taking great care of us.

It is frustrating that things are not happening the way we'd planned, and I'm post-partum hormonal, so it's all the more difficult to deal, but we certainly do recognize how very, very, very lucky we are that she's doing so well and that the eating/jaundice are the only concerns, given her size and prematurity. 

The doctors keep telling us what a healthy baby she is, just young and tiny, but doing very well considering that she's not supposed to be here for another twenty-five days!

Thank you again for all your well-wishes, thoughts, prayers, good vibes, positive energy and healthy-baby-mojo - not just in these past few days, but throughout my pregnancy, and even before. 

LadyKay will continue to post updates, and I'll give the full report when we're all home and rested up a bit.