There was a Calving
Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 4:20 pm
Now that we are home finally
The Walrus has reproduced!
May 7 at 36weeks Sabine Jennifer Dax arrived
She's everything we hoped for, including ALIVE! And a lot that we didn't think of!
We stayed in NICU with her Till she was released yesterday.
Got to admit, the practice of discharging mothers 48 hours after major abdominal surgery (despite any other abominal surgery being a 2+week inpatient stay) and keeping bub, expecting mother to make every 2 hour stops at hospital is astomishingly short-sighted - Mrs Walrus was i the ER for followup care 3 times during our stay after her discharge. A lot of pain and agrovation could have been saved by just having mum stay inpatients with bub.
However - despite hospital policy to never let premies leave until they regain their birth weight, we are home, last weigh in, 2 ounces shy of that.
The Walrus has reproduced!
May 7 at 36weeks Sabine Jennifer Dax arrived
She's everything we hoped for, including ALIVE! And a lot that we didn't think of!
We stayed in NICU with her Till she was released yesterday.
Got to admit, the practice of discharging mothers 48 hours after major abdominal surgery (despite any other abominal surgery being a 2+week inpatient stay) and keeping bub, expecting mother to make every 2 hour stops at hospital is astomishingly short-sighted - Mrs Walrus was i the ER for followup care 3 times during our stay after her discharge. A lot of pain and agrovation could have been saved by just having mum stay inpatients with bub.
However - despite hospital policy to never let premies leave until they regain their birth weight, we are home, last weigh in, 2 ounces shy of that.