brief update

For those who care, Rob and I are now staying at my parents' house for the rest of the week.  Nights two and three (two was in the hospital, three was our first night at home) were exceptionally challenging and since being induced on Friday morning I had only got about 5 hours of sleep total in four days. Night two was when they warned me baby would want to "cluster feed", which is apparently where they eat CONSTANTLY to help your milk come in (sorry if that's TMI) but anyway, Eli eats a LOT to begin with so  night two was brutal.  Night three was perhaps even more so because I was exhausted from the night/day/no real differentiation between at this point and at that point my milk HAD come in (sorry, TMI) and I was super super engorged (even more TMI) to the point where I couldn't even feed him anymore because he couldn't latch (TMI).  I was getting really scared and stressed because babies are supposed to eat every 2-3 hours and I couldn't feed him and he was screaming so by 5:30 AM Rob made me call my mom so she came and made Eli a formula bottle (which made me feel like a failure) and watched him while Rob and I got a few hours of sleep.  We then decided it might be a good idea to come out and stay with her so she could keep an eye on Eli at night and bring him in when he needed to eat.  OH!  And I did figure out how to take care of my problem from the lactation consultant at the pediatrician's office, who was AWESOME.  We are going back on Friday for follow up.  When we left the hospital Eli was down from his birth weight of 8 lbs 10 oz to 8 lbs 3 oz which was totally in the zone of normalcy, and he was up to 8 lbs 5 oz at his pediatrician's visit.  Another thing - Eli's pediatrician is the same pediatrician I had when I was a kid!  Which I think is crazy.  He is still the nicest doctor ever so I am glad for that.

Sorry if this post is sooo random, I don't have the energy to proofread but I wanted to let those who cared know what was up!  We will probably be here until Friday.