Saturday, August 21, 2010

First Bath

First time bathing.Сегодня Ароша первый раз в жизни принимал ванну. ) Дело это ему совсем не понравилось, и он громко плакал во время процесса. Похоже, вода была слишком холодной (у нас нет термометра) — ванночка стояла в зале на журнальном столике, и вода остыла очень быстро. Завтра надо будет погорячее сделать.

Вообще мне было страшно купать сыночка, и пока что уверенности еще не появилось. Сегодня купаться нам помогала бабушка (завтра тоже поможет), но вообще надо как-то приспосабливаться и делать это самим.

Funny lip maneuver. А в целом у нас до сиих пор идёт сложный период адаптации. Я сильно устаю и всё время нервничаю (в основном без особых причин). Самая главная цель сейчас — это хорошо наладить процесс кормёжки. Я всё время боюсь, что он недоедает, иногда сцеживаю молочко и даю ему бутылочку, но в таком случае я боюсь что он перестанет сосать из груди и что производство молока как-то собьётся. Вобщем, большинство моих мыслей крутится вокруг этой темы, и это не делает меня сейчас самым лёгким человеком для общения.

А еще вчера мы ходили первый раз гулять. Мне как всегда было страшно (что проснётся и будет плакать на улице, а я не буду знать что делать), но всё прошло хорошо — Ароша продрых все 25 минут прогулки. )
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Monday, August 16, 2010

First Week

Arosha. Day 3. Changing. Not quite in control of our eyes yet.We’re though our first week of parenthood and I must tell you that it’s quite a bit more overwhelming than I imagined. I always thought that it’s just very physically tiring. It very much is, but that’s nothing compared to the emotional part.

Arosha. Same day.I’m a worrying type in general, and do I worry or what? Alena seems to be just like me with that respect. First of all we have jaundice — too much bilirubin that causes the yellowing of skin and eyes. About 60% of infants have it, but we were worried that our case is worse than usual. So far we’ve had a number of appointments with our pediatrician and she’s monitoring his condition.

Little foot. So tiny.Last blood test showed that it’s going down. I’ve read a lot about it and maybe it’s not as bad as we originally imagined, but it still is worrisome. Hopefully the trend will continue and won’t have to worry about that for much longer.

The best way to treat jaundice is for the baby to eat a lot and therefore poop a lot. In the hospital we were told that Aaron has a tongue-tie. It’s when the membrane under the tongue is too short and as a result he can’t lift his tongue much up. They told us that we didn’t really have to do anything since he seemed to be sucking well. Continue Reading
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Friday, August 13, 2010

My Birthing Experience

Pushing. Minutes before birth.It’s Thursday evening, and our little boy is sleeping peacefully in the bedroom, giving me an opportunity to reflect on what has been happening to us in the last couple of days.

Contractions. Close to water breaking.I have to say that giving birth was probably single most painful experience in my life (physical pain that is), but I don’t regret for a second that I chose not to use any pain meds. I can do it again — and hopefully, there will be a chance in the future. )

Arrival. Seconds after being born.My contractions have started Saturday night. Actually, I wasn’t even sure if those were real contractions or not, because I did not perceive them as contractions per say, but as a pain in my lower belly which was coming and going. The pain was very manageable in the beginning, and even though I was waking up almost every hour, I got some rest and slept through the better part of the night.

Morning after birth.I decided to time the intervals between the contractions in the morning, since if they were more or less regular, that meant that I was experiencing the onset of a real labor, and not a false one. They were about 10 minutes apart on average. I called the hospital and found out that my doctor, Lana Selitsky, was not on call, so if we were to come, Dr. Pastore would help us. I met doctor Pastore during one of my prenatal visits, and I liked her. She told me that judging by my voice I am not in too much of a discomfort, and that I should come to the hospital either if the pain gets much worse, or if the water breaks.

In the hospital. Day after.After Danya woke up, we got some breakfast and watched TV. Meanwhile, my contractions started to get stronger and intervals between them got shorter. We still weren’t sure, however, if I was in labor. Well, d. Borya came to the rescue. He checked my belly and confirmed that I was having a real thing. We weren’t sure when to go to the hospital, because I didn’t know how strong the pain should be to indicate the right dilation. D. Borya helped again by checking my cervix later in the day, which was 6 cm dilated and almost effaced at that point.

Monday evening.To the hospital we went, and at around 6:30pm I got admitted. I got transferred to the delivery room soon after admission, at around 9:15pm my water broke (I was 9 cm dilated at that time). I started pushing in another 15 minutes or so, and at 10:10pm our son was born.

Going home. Tuesday morning.Danya and his mom were in the delivery room with me (his dad had to stay outside since they only allowed 2 visitors to be present) during the final stage. T. Oksana held one of my legs and Danya was on the other side watching and giving me his support. It meant a lot to me that I wasn’t there by myself.

Home. Looking at a toy.The funny thing is that we were in room #8 on 08/08 and there were 7 people in the room… that is before Aroshka made his grand appearance. He was put on my chest right away, and I felt a sense of relief that he got through without complications (doctors had to cut me a little and I got a couple of minor tears, but that’s nothing). I have to say that I was happy to see our little boy at last, but it took some time for me to really bond with him.

I am feeling overwhelming love for him right now and it grows stronger and stronger with each minute we have him. I truly did not understand what it is the mother feels for her child before we got our own baby (I am writing this and I can’t stop crying for some reason — I know that my hormones are messed up right now). ) Continue Reading
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

We’re Home!

Arosha. Day 2. Very serious.Another small update — we’re back home from the hospital. They kept Alena and Ari there for 2 nights as a routine.

Arosha at home. Day 3.Alena is already up and about and Arosha sleeps most of the time waking up only to let us know that he needs his diaper changed or that he wants to eat. Alena is breastfeeding him already and they are doing well with that.

P.S. I was never under an illusion that I will be able to resist posting tons and tons of baby pictures. I just knew it was going to happen even though I always wondered why people post so many pictures of their babies. I know — very hypocritical of me. But it is what it is. Prepare for major baby picture influx. )
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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Baby Stuff

Results of our little shopping spree.Now we’re at a point where there is less than a month left until our official due date — we’re going to become parents during the next several weeks. Alena made a lot of post with regards to what’s going through our or mostly her mind and it’s probably not a bad idea to leave some of my own thoughts and feelings as well.

First of all I’m probably still not realizing the full impact of this. I thought that when Alena grows a big belly the reality will settle in. She does have a huge belly, I can see it moving, I can feel the kicks and the hiccups, but it’s still hard to believe. I do have short moments of “what did we get ourselves into”, but they pass quickly. The rest of the time I’m quite excited and I really can’t wait to see him.

It's not washed and ironed yet, but this is the future bed of our son.There are a lot of problems that we have to deal with, mostly with doctors and medical insurances, but these are not very important things in the long run. The main thing is for the baby to be healthy and for Alena to have an easy (as “easy” as that can be) birth.

Alena is doing a great job. She eats very healthy (she did eat healthy before this as well, though), she doesn’t eat or drink anything that she isn’t supposed. Also from what I hear we’ve been lucky. She had no morning sickness and no other horrible things that you hear women go through. It’s 36 weeks tomorrow and yet just last week we went touring the town for the whole weekend. I’m really proud of her. Continue Reading
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

18 Недель

Потихоньку приходит весна. Хотя последние 3 дня было очень пасмурно, дождливо и ветренно, всё равно чувствуется свежее дыхание нового сезона. У меня уже начал появляться животик, который для людей посторонних выглядит скорее как плотный ужин, чем развивающийся дитёнок. ) Поправилась я за эти 18 недель почти на 5 кг. Не знаю много это или мало, но уж что есть — всё мое. ) Чувствую я себя по прежнему тьфу-тьфу хорошо. Изредка появляется лёгкая тянущая боль внизу живота — врач сказал что это нормально, и что неудобства мне причиняют растягивающиеся сухожилия.

Я очень рада, что Даня ходил со мной на предудущее узи когда нам сообщили что скорее всего у нас будет мальчик. Как я уже писала, мне было всё равно кто у нас будет, и в моей голове проигрывались фантазии на тему младенцев разного пола. Даня же лёгкое предпочтение отдавал сыну, поэтому я рада, что кого заказывали — того и получили. ) Теперь вот выбираем имя. Пока что на месте #1 укрепился Aaron. Continue Reading
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Monday, February 8, 2010

Our Little Secret

Our future child. Sonogram taken at the end of the 12th week.The image above should be enough to guess what is going on. If it’s still not clear — we’re going to be parents! mrgreen It sounds really weird, I know, and we both find it hard to believe just yet.

On the other hand we were planning it for a while now, and everything worked out almost as planned. During the Spring of 2009 we made a decision. We went to see a doctor to make sure everything is OK and Alena stopped taking birth-control pills and started taking vitamins.

First ever picture.Even though doctors said that there is no need to wait, we decided to make sure birth-control clears out of the system and waited 3 more month, before actually trying. Plus Alena has a list of signs that are preferable. ) First month was October (with due date to be in mid-July). At the end of the month she had a week delay, and we thought that we’re there. But she had her period after all and we were very disappointed. Continue Reading
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