So, in May, I had Ruby Kathleen. Her birth was a scheduled c section which was mostly much less traumatic than Finn’s birth. Couldn’t get the iv and that was one of the worst parts, and then getting a spinal awake is a bit uncomfortable (last time i had the epidural when i was in pain so i literally DID NOT CARE), but a scheduled c section is so much more relaxed and almost fun really! They had to put a lot more pressure to get her out, it felt like they were pushing on my heart weirdly, and when she came out she was reaching for me through the screen. And she screamed SOOO loud, they were all ilke oh wow she’s a screamer! and they were exactly right because she screams something AWFUL when she screams. Even when she just wants me! They were taking bets on her weight in the operating room, so that was fun, and she was 8 lbs 1 oz, but she lost weight way too fast for it to be reasonable by her second weigh in, so the nurses on the floor think that operating room scale was wrong. That led to a bit of a panic about having a baby that would need triple feeding again, but it turned out alright.
In addition to the starting to panic because she lost weight too fast, they wouldn’t let me leave when i wanted to go because my blood pressure was just slightly high. Like it was BARELY elevated at first, and then they started monitoring it and then i started to panic and had some very high ones. (including one that was like 190 over 92 but then they did it like a minute later and it went down and then a minute later and it was literally NORMAL, so we also think maybe the machines were screwing up). One of the nurses was learning that i was starting to panic and popped up on me and it was better because i didnt panic because i heard her coming in to do it at the specified time. It was awful because i just wanted to be home and at that point i knew that i wasn’t going to have normal bp until i went home because it was freaking me out, and i was negative in the testing for the preeclampsia but they were just keeping me in case and the nurses were telling me they didn’t understand why because it wasn’t that high and usually they just let people go with bp like that. So then the doctor agreed to let me out at 5am the next morning, and i had a doc appointment planned for the baby and she was cleared to leave but then the pediatrician comes in AGAIN and is like her weights not good so she has to see the doctor tomorrow or come back here for that and bilirubin check, and i’m like I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY FOR HER BUT NOBODY WILL LET ME LEAVE. So they then rushed me out and we got out by like 9am but then had to rush to our doctor an hour and a half away. It was all just needlessly stressful and totally impacted my experience because i was just so worried about my blood pressure instead of just enjoying my gorgeous baby. Who, by the way, looked exactly like Finn, which was a trip. We spent her first month calling her “he” because of it lol.
She cleared her first weight check and while she’s a skinny mini now and has dropped down, they haven’t been concerned since she’s still gaining (unlike finn who barely gained at all), so i haven’t had to triple feed, and when i went back to work two weeks ago, she had literally only had like 5 bottles ever. Which is fantastic. Except she’s very very needy for me and that might be a factor.
She’s a little smartie. Chris says she anticipates his moves and lifts her head up in the bath for him. She’s VERY chatty, much chattier than Finn, and big huge beautiful smiles. Also quite temperamental and had a big “no one can hold me but mom” period but that’s getting a BIT better but still mostly just lets my parents hold her now that i’ve gone back to work. We went up to see Bradley’s marching band competition last weekend and she still cried with Lauren held her.
Finn is just the cutest little smartie too, he read my “BOO!” slipper yesterday and does other scary mind reading type things too. “Start the car” he says sometimes when Chris is turning to say it to me. lol. He became a hardcore toddler a few weeks after Ruby was born though, and that’s been challenging. He won’t do ANYTHING fast and if you tell him to STOP, even YELLING STOP, he absolutely won’t do it. very frustrating. BUT, he loves his little sister so much now, like it’s unbelievably cute. Starting from refusing to be next to her or get a picture with her in the beginning. He walked into hotel room, looked at her, said cute, and then started climbing on and off the bed, and going to the window, and saying “come look, a window”… so I never got that special picture with my first born in bed with me while i held the second born. Bah.
We had a fun summer overall though. Took a little trip to Williamsburg to show big sissy some historic stuff, which she loved, and actually Finn loved it too, much to my mother’s surprise who told me “you just don’t do that stuff with a toddler.” He went in the houses, ran around outside, saw horses, ate ice cream. He still says “let’s go to virginia” lol.
Now that i’m back at work, hopefully i’ll be more of a regular here again (i hate typing on my phone), but i guess we’ll see.
Guess i should share some photos but we’re in registration season at work so that’ll have to wait!!
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