momma-slagle: Happy due date to our sweet girl! Although she was due today, we were induced last wee
momma-slagle: Happy due date to our sweet girl! Although she was due today, we were induced last week and our itty bitty Beckham Makenna made her speedy entrance into the world on 1/19 at 8:54am after three pushes. She weighed 5lbs 14oz and was 19 ½ in long. The first thing I said when they laid her down on my chest was “where’s the rest of my baby. She’s like a baby doll” Because she is small for her gestational age she was put on blood sugar protocol and had a hard time regulating her temp. But though my baby may be little, she sure is strong She never had to go to the nicu and she passed all of her sugar tests—meaning no supplements were needed My milk came in before I even got discharged, so we didn’t even have bilirubin issues like we did with Nolan. I wasn’t expecting our Becks to be so small because she was born at term and I had been measuring ahead. So our itty bitty is barely fitting NB diapers and is in premie clothes. Of course we didn’t have any premie outfits so my MIL went and bought us a bunch as well as my husbands cousin. Life savers. Because poor Becks was swimming in her NB clothes. We’re going to a breastfeeding meeting today so I can do a weighted feed and check for a hopeful weight gain We have weight gain! She’s only half an ounce away from her birth weight. I’m so shocked at how quick she gained her weight back. -- source link