This started out as a journal documenting my journey through the amazing experience of pregnancy sharing the highs and lows, the worries and the excitement as we awaited the arrival of our first baby. A long time in the making, Bella was born on 9th December 2008, at the Costa del Sol Hospital, Spain, via a rather traumatic birth! The rest of this blog is dedicated to the progress and developments of our gorgeous and amazing little lady...but now THE BABY MAKING CONTINUES...TWO FOLD!!!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
A trip to the hospital
We had our first major panic today, well it started last night really. Isa was getting more and more sleepy and difficult to arouse and was not really feeding. The midwife came to see us at 12pm and confirmed she is a touch jaundiced. She was concerned by her jittery movements too so advised us to go to the hospital to get her checked over although she didn't think it was too bad a case. She managed to get her to take 40ml of formula food before we went and we managed to get her to take a further 40ml while at the hospital. She had her bilirubin levels checked and her blood sugar levels. My poor little girl had to have several horrible needles. I'm so thankful to say that her sugar levels are fine and the bilirubin level, while it was high, it was still within the normal levels so no treatment necessary. We've been advised to feed her every 3 hours and get as much sunlight on her as possible. Since we've been home she's managed to take a further 60ml of formula food in one feed and then another 20ml of expressed breast milk and 25ml of formula in the next feed. She seems so much more alert already so hoping we will see a big change soon.
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Congratulations Ellie and Chris your daughter is gorgeous
how good does the word daughter sound?? to me 17mths later I find myself saying son and finding it sounds weird)
Hope that Isabella is better soon.
Much love to the three of you
Gem and Freddie (July 07)
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