Baby J will be two weeks old tomorrow! He gets to spend his day being testing at MUSC. He has to have an extensive hearing test done.

Today I’m thinking about taking him and the hubby to Savannah so we can go to the mall and have some “family time”. I’m trying to get him out more during the day so that he can learn the difference between day and night. My poor baby is confused.

He’s doing great though. Eating well from the bottle and breastfeeding well. Sleeping great (obviously)! He doesn’t cry much when he’s with me, but when his father is around…that’s a different story.

He’s also not big on peeing and pooping in his diapers. I got pooped on twice yesterday. But enough about him. Here’s some more pictures to end this post!

It’s been a very long time since I’ve updated, but not much has been going on.

Baby J came a little over a week early on January 26, 2010!

At 1pm on January 26th I started having mild contractions and bleeding. I had to wait for my husband to come home from work (takes him about 45 minutes) before I could go to the hospital. The contractions weren’t getting any worse, but they were getting closer together.

It was almost 2:45pm when we got to the hospital. They hooked me up to the monitors and checked my cervix. I was still 3cm and 100% effaced. They decided to monitor me for a couple of hours to see if I progressed any.

The nurse kept coming back and forth. She kept trying to get me to eat because she said the baby wasn’t moving like how they wanted him to. I ate one cracker and ended up throwing it up. The contractions were starting to get worse, but according to the monitor, they weren’t getting any closer together.

At 5:30pm, they told me that they were thinking about sending me home. I was still having contractions, but the bleeding had disappeared. The nurse never bothered to check my cervix again, but offered to do an ultrasound. She brought me some ice chips while I waited for the u/s techs to come get me. I put one in my mouth and felt like I had to vomit.

At 5:45pm, my water broke and it had meconium in it. The nurse checked my cervix again, and I was 10cm dilated. Baby J’s head was right there, so they had to rush me to the delivery room. I had no time to get any meds, and my doctor was still on her way. They had to hold my legs shut.

I was hooked up to an IV by the time she arrived. She was trying to make small talk, but all I wanted to do was push. I told her that I couldn’t wait. Five pushes later, Baby J was born weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz.

Early the next morning, he had to be transported to MUSC’s NNICU for an exchange transfusion due to ABO incompatibility. We brought him home on Saturday.

To start off, I have to say that I have never disliked someone so much in my entire life. My doctor…I cramp up just thinking about her.

First…out of the 3 times that I’ve had to go to L&D, she didn’t show up or answer her phone once. When my husband asked if she was going to be there for the delivery, she said,

If I’m on call that day then I will be there. If I’m not one of the other doctor’s on call at the hospital will be there.

Second…she put me on bedrest “until further notice”. Well unfortunately my job and insurance company will not accept that answer. So they faxed her paperwork last Monday for her to fill out so they can extend my leave until at the first week in January. I spent hours trying to call her office only to get a busy signal. So I called Aetna to see if she had faxed the paperwork back, and guess what? SHE DIDN’T! Why am I not surprised?

So I try calling again, and when I did get through she’s not in. I asked the head nurse or assistant or whatever she is about the paperwork and she tells me that the doctor doesn’t fill out paperwork right away. That it usually takes about a week. Uhm…it has been a week. I think I can count how many days are in a week pretty well. Then she said that it may be another seven days, as if I have seven days. My leave (without the doctor’s paperwork) expires on the 20th, which means I’ll have to be to work on the 21st. The insurance company wants the paperwork by Friday.

So here I am stressing about all of this. It’s giving me cramps and severe back pain and I’m really trying my hardest to calm down. Friday is four days away. I can’t even sit in a car for more than 10 minutes. I can’t function properly on the medication for contractions, which she advised me to take around the clock, which I can’t do if I’m working. The least little bit of stress makes my entire stomach cramp and contract. And my doctor isn’t even concerned enough to fill out one paper…

*SIGH* But anyway. Good news:
- My job is direct depositing the money that was missing from my paycheck tomorrow.
- Juicy Couture is replacing my bracelet.
- My baby shower was a blast.

I’m going to try to calm down now.

Ugh..it’s been the worst week. I spent the majority of it being sick. I finally gave in yesterday and took a Phenergan, and I feel a million times better. Just have to find my appetite again.

What’s been going on since last Friday? I had a doctor’s appointment on Wednesday. She was concerned about me losing the mucus plug, so I’m on Terbutaline until 35 weeks. This stuff makes you so loopy. It’s horrible.

I’ve been having the usual third trimester symptoms: restless nights, extremely frequent urination..I’m telling you. I’m about ready to make the bathroom my new home.

Other than that, my job shorted me 14.5 hours so I’m trying to get that straightened out. My baby shower is tomorrow as well, so I should be back with lots of pictures. I’m going to try reading some blogs today. Until then, I’ll be waiting for Quiznos to deliver my order.