Sweet Goodness: Month ONE

1 Month

Calleigh's first month was quite eventful... for her and Mommy! After leaving the hospital on Saturday, April 7, we had to go see Dr. Crow first thing Monday morning. At this appointment he looked her over again... just to say that she was still PERFECT :) He then checked her weight, which had dropped to 7 pounds 5 ounces, but was normal. We set up her two week check up appointment and then Dr. Crow sent us back to the hospital to do a heel prick to make sure her jaundice was improving... and it was (she was still well within the normal range for newborns)!

At Calleigh's two week check up she weighed in at 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 inches long... not quite back to her birth weight like Dr. Crow would have preferred to see, but he wasn't concerned since she had gained at least half of it back. Daddy however did NOT like her not being back up to where she was at birth, and since she was hitting the charts around the 25th percentile, Daddy wanted to do a weight recheck five days later. At that appointment she weighed in at 8 pounds 1 ounce... Daddy was pleased!

Then on May 8, Calleigh went for her one month check up. At this appointment she weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long... hitting the charts between the 25th-50th percentile for both height and weight. Dr. Crow said that he was pleased with her growth and thought that we were going to have a "perfectly petite" baby girl :)

Between Calleigh's two week and one month appointments, I had to be readmitted to the hospital :( What started as a clogged milk duct turned into abscessed Mastitis. My body failed to respond to the first antibiotics that Dr. Godat prescribed, so the clogged duct continued to get worse and worse. I was in so much pain and can easily say that this pain was 100 times worse than any pain associated with Calleigh's birth! I spent three days in the hospital on IV meds and morphine. Being away from my newborn baby girl broke my heart. Thankfully, my wonderful mother was able to help Travis care for her. Once it looked like things were starting to improve a little Dr. Godat gave the okay for me to be released from the hospital, but with me understanding that if anything changed that I would be right back at the hospital for surgery to drain the abscess. Well, the improvement didn't last long :( A day later I was back at the hospital visiting with a surgeon. Dr. Lewis was fantastic! She opted to try an in-office procedure first before having me admitted for major surgery. She drained the abscess with a needle... it was painful, but felt SO much better each time the infection and pressure were removed. The in-office procedure took several visits and I had to pump and nurse like crazy to get my production on that breast back up, but I am proud to say that I am still able to nurse!!! Two months later we are still going strong! YAY!!!

Calleigh's One Month Milestones: