Home!! We are finally home! It's hard to believe it's finally here-It's been six weeks since Abby was born, and although it felt really long at the time, it's a blur! Abby came home on
Wednesday, but first we slept at the
hospital on Tuesday night for a 'trial run' with Abby hooked up to the home monitor and oxygen. It was a pretty long and sleepless night. The room was extremely quiet, and Abby is used to lots of noise so she was pretty restless, as where we. But we made it through the night.
Wednesday am I had my six week check up with the OB, everything is looking good. They put me on blood pressure med like an old lady before I left the
hospital because a week after delivery my blood pressure was still really high, so they were also checking that. Finally around lunch time on
Wednesday, Abby was discharged and we headed home. Besides being excited to have Abby home and just be around her all the time, we were excited to see how Roxy reacted to our new addition. It was kind of
disappointing because Roxy just sniffed her for a minute and then moved on. Roxy has been really good with Abby so far, she's very curious about her, so there is lots of sniffing. Right now Abby is asleep in her
cradle and Roxy is sniffing all around it and whining at it because she wants to get close enough to sniff Abby-but Abby doesn't seem to mind!
The first two days have been going really well. Matt and I both decided since we made it this far we can handle anything Abby throws at us-I know we say that now! Preemies are supposed to sleep about 22 hours a day, but I don't think Abby got that memo. I think she's just getting used to being in a new place, there hasn't been too much crying, just a little fussing and restlessness-but she seems to be a little more settled today. Like I said before, we're strictly limiting visitors for a while, especially during the winter season. Because Abby is a preemie she has an increased risk for RSV-a virus we really don't want her to get! As soon as we can have some visitors we'll let everyone know. For now Abby is what they call 'home bound' because of the monitor and oxygen, so we'll be
hibernating for a while. A nurse came today to check out Abby and take her weight and everything was good. Abby now weighs 4.01 lbs. We go to the pediatrician tomorrow and the eye doctor next week. Abby is also at risk for some eye problems later in her life but so far everything looks good. We don't go to CHOP until February, so hopefully we won't have too many more appointments in the mean time.
Here a few pics of our first few days, they'll be tons more to come....
This is Abby just before we wheeled her out of the hospital....

This is Abby in her car seat-it looks huge next to her!

Our first night wasn't too bad, but apparently we kept Roxy up!!!

Abby's sleep area downstairs is in the changing area of her pack-n-play-it's the perfect size for her!

Roxy was more interested in daddy-yes she is licking his head-and he couldn't stop her...

Matt loves this pic-Roxy is so curious about what we're doing with Abby-I'm not looking to fab but I have an excuse for a while!
5 comments:
OMG, What a blessing!!! So happy Abby's home :):):) I can't wait to meet her...you've done a wonderful job at keeping us posted with everything, keep it up! Love seeing her cute little face! and Roxy is looking as cute as ever also!!
Love you guys!
first off, i'm so happy for you and matt i really can't even find the words to write it down. i just know you are going to be amazing parents, i can already tell.
second, ava was born late and curt and i were hermits in our house for the first month too...so enjoy the privacy while you can!
third, roxy licking matt's head is a riot. i'm still laughing...
finally, keep the pictures and stats coming! she's beautiful!!!
Thank you, God! Now she can get big and fat and strong. Matt just turned 26 on Monday (wow, he's that old - what does that make me?) and Chris' birthday is February 17, so we know all about hibernating. You will all do fine - she is surrounded by love, especially from Roxy. She was just letting Matt know that she still loves him even if she is no longer the center of attention!
Let me know if I can do/bring you anyting. Love and Kisses, Aunt Carol
YEAH!!!! So glad she is home. I have been thinking about you guys tons! I wanted to text you when I woke up this morning but thought better not to. Wanted to see how it was going! I am so glad she is home with you both and you are enjoying it. Can't wait to meet her! If there is anything you need please let me know. I can do whatever you need!
Love you!
the pics are so cute! she is so tiny and cute! adorable!!!!
hooray for coming home! enjoy all your time with her!!
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