Going to be one of THOSE nights....
I am sooo tired. Just had my first baby on Thursday, water broke Tuesday night wasn't in labor and not dilated at all so had to induce, so hard labor and delivery and all that. My SO stayed over last night but decided to go home tonight because he was so tired and wanted a decent place to sleep. Was being super unhelpful anyway, not listening to a word I said, stuff like I would keep putting out an extra swaddle for Ezra or tell him he needed an extra layer and he just wouldn't put one on (and then wondered why he was fussy, the nurse finally dinged him on it), or when I asked him to bring him over to feed him (because I was having trouble keeping up with getting up for bathroom runs and stuff), said he was fine or would suddenly decide he had to do a couple things for himself first. And none of the nurses agreed with each other on breastfeeding, first one wanted to make sure I was feeding at least every 3 hours, next one that there was no schedule just whenever they acted hungry (about the time when my SO was being so out of it and not getting him for me when I thought he might be), next one said to offer it often, next one told me to use a hair tie on the wrist to tell me which side I fed last on, last one seemed shocked that I didn't feed on both sides during the last feeding (it's still colostrum, not sure why this would be a problem). Anyway, my SO left earlier than he intended, around 8 or so, had to take an energy drink to make sure he made it home. Left me with the baby on the hospital bed, and I've never been able to get myself and baby off of the bed at the same time before. And he got a poopy diaper. So managed to get up and slowly change it, made my stomach hurt a lot more than it had been. The nurse came in to see me, said we'd go over the rest of the stuff that hadn't been gone over around 9:30. Did that, tried feeding him once or twice in there, couple bathroom runs, was getting really sleepy so put him back in his bed. 11:30, I am really tired, but he starts crying so I go to check on him, he's wide awake. Snuggled, checked his diaper, burped him since he was getting bubbly, started to act hungry, so fed him again, too. He fell asleep feeding and finally got him back down after midnight, needed sleep so badly, felt bad because he woke back up. Was hoping for a good two hours...nurse comes in for vitals at 12:30. Tells me I need to tell her before I feed him next time (some test or other, plus she wants to see him latch), thought I had heard this before but the last nurse told me when I asked that I should never not feed him. And now just realized that I haven't eaten anything from supper which was brought in around 4:30, so a good 8 or 9 hours ago. And the air is so dry, been stuffy and runny since getting here (both my SO and one of the nurses said the same thing, so not just me). Starting to think I'd be better off home...
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