I have been a mommy for 2 weeks and 1 day now. It is the most amazing thing; I could have never imagined such an amazing feeling and experience. There aren’t words to explain the way I feel.
The birth experience didn’t go as planned by any means. I was induced with pitocin…and a lot of it because my body wasn’t responding to the low dosage…then bam my body started to respond. Pitocin is a very very evil drug… that is all I have to say about it. I was induced at 2pm and started pushing at 8pm, and pushed for 46 minutes and my little angle entered the world.
Lilliana Rose Mary Kampstra was born on 9/24/10 at 8:46pm 6lbs 11oz and 19.5 inches long. It is crazy to think how small she was considering she was 10 days late and not planning on coming on her own quite yet. I did start to go into labor on my own the night before my induction but it wasn’t moving along fast enough for the doctors liking. I definitely put up a fight for a good 5 hours before they finally induced me.
I love being a mommy and Lilliana is a very happy baby, I have been blessed. It is tough commuting back and forth between Salem and Forest Grove but we make do.
Overall Lil is very healthy as well, breastfeeding has been going well but sadly she isn’t gaining weight. She still isn’t back to her birth weight yet. On day 13 she was only 6lbs 8.5oz so we go back on Wednesday for another weigh in. We may end up running some more tests and depending on those results she may start on formula in addition to breast milk.
