It's a Girl

So I know I haven't updated in a while. It's just that so much has happened in the last week... I'll try to give you the skinny.

At my 36 week appointment Wednesday morning, my blood pressure was still sky high. It was decided I was going to be delivered that day via c-section! The Bean - now Madalyn Elizabeth (a girl it turns out lol) was born on July 11th at 12:59pm. She was 3lbs 13.6oz and 17.4in long.
She has no major health issues other than trouble regulating her body temperature since she's a shrimp. Her pediatrician recommended we put her in an incubator with a feeding tube for a while to fatten her up. I'm still breastfeeding, but I'm having to pump almost exclusively since they don't want her to expend calories trying to nurse right now. She's being switched between my milk and the supplemented formula every 2 hours through her tube.
I'm told once she reaches 4lbs, she'll be removed from the incubator and moved into a regular bassinet. If she can regulate her body temperature by herself for 24 hours, she'll be allowed to come home. She dropped 3oz at first, but since being in the incubator she's gained it back plus some. This morning her nurse told me she was at a little over 3.14lbs!

It's been difficult to be here for her since I was discharged yesterday. I'll be riding into town with Jay on the days he works and staying till here with Annelise until he gets off then we both go home with him. Gives me a good 8-9 hours with her. He was off today so I'm actually staying the whole night. He'll bring Annelise up here with me when he heads to work and we'll go home with him when he gets off. The hospital staff has been amazing about letting Annelise stay with me.

It was so hard to leave the hospital without Madalyn in tow last night... heartbreaking. I'll be so glad when we can all be at home together!