Musings of a Redhead

I fully plan on writing all about the birth, but right now I'm just gonna do a quick update. I was discharged from the hospital yesterday, but unfortunately Asher is still there. He's very healthy but his bilirubin levels have been high so he's been hanging out under the lights since yesterday afternoon. We hoped he'd be able to go home today but his levels are still high, so we hope, hope, hope he'll be coming home tomorrow.

It is SO hard to leave the hospital without a baby. And what's really hard too is that he has to be in the nursery under the lights, so I only get to be with him to feed him. The only comfort is that he's been sleeping really well. I can hardly get him to wake up to eat. When he does wake up he's been nursing well though, and I certainly have plenty of milk. I've had to start pumping today since I'm producing more than he's eating right now.

So say a little prayer for Asher that the "tanning booth" will do it's trick and he'll be able to come home tomorrow.

And now, since I know what everyone really wants are pictures, here are a few.

This is what he mostly does right now.

Asher snuggling up to Daddy.

Here I am on Tuesday no longer looking like death.
It's amazing what a shower and a bit of makeup can do.

My mom got here Tuesday afternoon.
She's rather squinty but Asher looks so cute here.