Adler Family Blog

So, we made it home, without incident. I think I never drove slower. We’ve survived the first night, pretty much intact. Surprisingly, Maya slept about 4 hours at a time, so we really only had to wake up twice last night to take care of her. Otherwise, she was a perfect angel.

It seems that everything is really easier at home. Although we don’t have the nurses constantly preparing bottles and sterilizing everything for us, as long as we stay on top of it ourselves, and are prepared in advance, it works out well. Mommy is much more comfortable here, the swelling in her ankles has gone done, and I think even Maya likes it better here. Plus, Daddy gets to hug Mommy at night, finally, something that he missed quite alot.
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Just want to give everyone a heads-up on Maya and Mommy. Everything is fine, but of course, we’re worried about every tiny little thing. Maya has a bit of peeling skin on her chin and hands, but apparently that can happen with overdue babies. She’s having quite a bit of trouble breast feeding, but we just have to find the trick to get her going, I think. Especially once the milk starts coming in, it should ease up a bit. Svitlana gets very frustrated, though, when Maya’s screaming because she’s hungry, but won’t feed. We know she’s hungry, because she’ll drink tea from a bottle, but we really want her to start breast feeding soon. In any case, though, her weight drop since the birth is still normal, so nothing to worry about there.
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So here’s the rundown, for those interested:

Name: Maya Adler
Birthdate: 21.11.2007 @ 20:13 CET
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
Weight: 4.270 kg (9.41 lbs)
Length: 52cm (20.47 inches)
Circumference of Head: 37cm (14.56 inches)

All added up, the best baby ever!

Here’s a link to the current photo set – we’ll add more as we go (Maya’s Photos). She’s sleeping soundly now, very well-behaved.

We have our baby! Everything went perfectly, she’s already breast feeding, and she’s perfectly happy. She’s hardly cried so far – I got to hold her against my chest, and it was so sweet. I don’t have time for pics, etc. now, but here’s some preliminary ones:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adlerfamily/2052755495/

So, we’re back at the hospital. Svitlana tried a Wehencocktail yesterday, and while she had a couple of contractions, it once again didn’t really stick. They now tried to induce again, with the same medicine as last time. That was a couple of hours ago, but she hasn’t noticed anything until now.

If nothing starts from the induction medicine, as it appears at the moment, we’re going to have to have a Cesarean section. As always, keep an eye here for the latest updates! I’m afraid that if we do have to have the Cesarean, I won’t be able to give you live updates from the OR, though…sorry!

17:14: Slight contractions have started again, similar to last time. We’re taking yet another CTG, just keeping an eye on everything. We are also trying some homeopathic medicines to start the labor. We’d like to do everything possible, before we really give up and just do the C-Section.

17:50: The midwife just did another checkup, and it really hasn’t progressed at all, unfortunately. Looks like we will have to do a C-Section after all. We have to talk to the doctor.

19:15: It’s set – we’re having a C-Section at 8:00PM. That’s in about 45 mins.