We officilly survived our first night of parenthood...with the assistance of the nursery and some good pain meds. :) We changed recovery rooms...again...at about midnight and sent Steven to the nursery so Mom & Dad could get a much needed hour of sleep before feeding time again...and again...and again. Steven spent his nap times in the nursery, Andrew sacked out on the couch in the room to keep Mom company and Mom slept in the bed...as good as you can sleep with tubes attachd to you. The morphine from the spinal has started to wear off, but the alternative drugs are doing the trick. I am stil on a liquid diet until lunch time...chicken broth has never tasted so good! Today I get to get out of bed and start moving around, and I can't wait!
Steven is eating like a champ...but then again, you don't get to be 9 lbs 10 oz by messing around with food.
I'm still not sure it's REALLY hit me yet that he is ours...something tells me, over the next couple of weeks after we get home and we can't soothe him at 3 a.m. Thank you for all the good wishes...it's great to have such good support.
Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:16 AM