Today was a great day for little Zoë. She fed very well all through the day, though she's having issues with feeding from Jenn. She'll latch on, but then stops. The lactation specialists here gave us a few options, but Zoë really needed to eat. So Jenn will pump and then bottle feed Zoë. Not ideal, but critical for the wee one. Hopefully she'll take to Jenn and feed from her, but we do have a good backup plan if that doesn't occur.
And with the end of today comes tomorrow, which is the return home for us. We've been in the hospital a full week now, and although most of the nurses and doctors have been fantastic... I want to sleep in my own bed dammit! For those who don't know we went through a 3 1/2-day induction period before it was decided to do a C-section. I'm not sure why the doctors were so insistent on pushing the induction to the end, but Jenn's body wasn't having any of it. We both understand a C-section isn't a walk in the park, but after 84 hours of meds, if your patient only dilates 1 cm and effaces 20%, is the plan working? I'm not a doctor and I admit that readily, but the numbers don't add up to me.
In any event, tomorrow is a great beginning for us as a family. Though there is some worry on our end. It's the day we introduce the baby to our two dogs, Anya and Jasper.
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