I wish I could get on here more often but I just cant do it right now. Piper doesnt love to be put down and I just love staring at her perfect little face so I dont mind. I just wish I came here more often to capture what was going on with my little angel. She is absolutely perfect.
The first week involved a lot of tears on my part. Maybe even longer than one week. It was just so much for me. I think the fact that I have a history of anxiety does not help at all. I was just feeling awful all the time. That has started to get better in the last couple of days, but it was really rough. I still try to have at least one thing planned every day to get me out of the house. I cant just sit here and hang out all day.
I got some bad news on Piper's one week birthday. My Mom will need chemo. I am so upset. They found cancer cells in her fallopian tube as well. All of the cancer is currently gone but they are doing 6 rounds of chemo to make sure all is well. Apparently most people that have ovarian cancer find it too late and there is nothing that they can do.....she has stage 1 A (I guess the A is because they found it in the fallopian tubes too). She had a meeting with her oncologist this morning and will likely start chemo next week. She went out today and bought a wig because he said that her hair will surely fall out within a few weeks of her first chemo session. I need to mentally prepare to see my Mom sick and without hair now. Its going to be really hard. I just need her to be okay.
As far as Piper goes. She is eating really well. She ate so often before my milk came in and my nipples were killing me. She still doesnt have a great latch on the left side, but its getting better I think. There is a lactation support group at the hospital 3 days a week that we have been to a few times and that is very helpful. She lost a lot of weight before my milk came in and was just over 6lbs. Now at 2 weeks old she is up to 6lbs 13 oz so she is 6 oz smaller than her birth weight. She is gaining well now so they are not concerned at all. The past four nights (I know it will change) she has been eating around 8:30-9 and going to sleep. She doesnt wake up to eat again until 1:30-2:30 and we are usually up for an hour for a nice long feeding, as its been so long! Then she has been waking up again between 5:30-6:30 and usually after that I will snooze with her in bed with me until 8 or so when we are up for the day.
She seems to sleep a lot when we are in public and does not eat well in public. She has been to the mall, target, kohls...she does really well shopping. She likes being pushed around. Today we went to visit our jeweler at the mall and she was so in love with her. When we go to lactation class at the hospital we have also stopped in to see some of our nurses. I was there 3 days a week before she was born and then for a week around her being born so I feel like they are my family there now! We have seen almost all of them, except the nurse that delivered Piper. She works weekend nights and we are obviously never hanging around at that time. We are planning to go on Friday though! I think I will buy her a card and maybe something small to thank her. I figure everyone gives them chocolates and cookies so I will try to think of something different. Maybe a plant or something? So much love for what those women helped me with. The labor and delivery nurses are amazing!
Alright, time to get some dinner and then snuggle with my little piece of perfection. I hope to be back soon!
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