Théa 1 day old!

Hi again,

Today I spent most of my day at the hospital to be with Caro and our new family member.
Théa had lost about 120gr since she was born, perfectly normal for a newborn child. The nurse said that if the kid looses more than 10% of their birth weight special actions are to be taken.
Today I had some really nice time with Théa as she slept on my chest comforted by my body heat. Then I got a chance to feed her with some milk, the usual 15ml.


Caro had a hard day as the morphine given to her for her pain from the Césarienne made her feel sick. She vomited 3 times and could not keep any food for the whole day. It was not until 19:00 this evening that she could eat and feel good about it.
She felt a bit bad about that she vomited all over herself just after being washed and finished her breakfast but it didn't stop there... the nurses cleaned her up once again and changed her bed clothing just to see her vomit again when they just had finished.

Who said that it was easy to be a nurse (or to give birth)?


In the afternoon Caro could spend a long time with our baby, and they really had a great time together (watch the movie below).

Caroline's blood pressure has gone down to 130/90 and she is not going to take any more morphine, she doesn't want to feel that sick again and it is not possible to breastfeed during such a treatment... pain is temporary, glory is forever!

On a plus side: Théa is keeping body temperature well, she breaths by herself without any problems, she is eating regularly, she sleeps a lot (whole night except when being fed), she is also quite active while being awake and blood sugar levels are also good.

Mum & dad are of course happy, and tomorrow mum and child will be placed in the same room even though Théa will still need to stay some more days in the incubator to see that everything is fine.

Time to sleep...

/Magnus