Once again I've acclimated to our "living" situation, and while I'm praying to go home tomorrow, am just trying not to think about it. It's a quiet day here in our "pod"- the triplets went home yesterday (I can't believe they beat us!), and for some reason all the babies are sleeping. Kind of odd.
On the random note, trying to figure out what the heck to do with all this breastmilk we have stored here. Apparently I have over 50 - 8+oz bottles in the freezer here, plus about 15 smaller 2oz bottles. That's a lot of milk. After being shown the website "OnlytheBreast.com" - basically a Craigslist for milk, selling anywhere from $1-$5 per oz- uhhh, doing the math that's anywhere from a ballpark of $500-$2500 in milk. Holy crap. Which brought up the whole concept of finding a pump for the house (a good one is crazy expensive)- I had called insurance to check the other day, but they said they don't cover it. But talking to the nurses & lactation, they wrote a script for us, so we'll see if that'll work. Would be a much easier way, especially for when I go back to school and can't be around 24/7. Oh the joys of motherhood :)
Chase's updates...
Birth: Now:
Weight: 1862g (4 lb 2 oz) 2202 g (4 lb 13.7oz)
Length: 43 cm (16.9") 44 cm (17.3")
Head: 30 cm 32 cm
Especially considering his weight had dropped down to around 3 lbs 10 oz after the first couple days, we've made awesome progress on the weight... missed celebrating his 3 week birthday Friday since we were pouting about not going home, but at 23 days old, he also celebrates his "37 week" gestational age- which would make him "full term." Even with the setbacks, he's doing more than we should expect of him, and especially considering his unfair label of being the "Wimpy White Boy"... must be the Armenian in him :) lol.
Here's to hoping for a quiet, uneventful day of him staying out of trouble :)
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