Having Ellie Part 7/The Rest of Thursday

On the third day I was at the hospital, Thursday, Todd and Bobby brought Adam and Abbey to see me.  They brought Wendy's, too as I had told Todd I was starving from bad hospital food.  The kids did surprisingly well eating Frosty's without getting it EVERY where...!  Abbey did better than I expected with the baby.  She was curious and affectionate, but mostly she wanted to hug my first and then steal my balloon second.  

When they arrived, I had been napping and Ellie was in her little bassinet next to me.  Something about the lighting and the way she was breathing made her look...blue. For the first time since I had become a mother, I had a horrible second where I genuinely feared the worst.  She wasn't moving.  Even Todd thought she looked off, after that second was gone and I realize that she wasn't...well, you know.  I called the nurse and she kind of saw it, too, or at least pretended to and took her to the nursery to have her checked out.  She was fine.

They stayed about an hour and half and left.  Ellie was restless and we were both frustrated from her trying to eat, so I started walking her around the halls.  She loved it.  And I needed to keep moving, anyhow.  I was stopped by three nurses on the birthing side...

"Were you the one that was transverse and she kept moving?"  they asked, all excited.  It wasn't until I went home and looked it up did I realize the way she was transverse is really rare.  We started talking and somehow I started hearing stories about all the wild things their daughters did.  The conversation actually got a bit racy... And one of them was married to a man from Denmark and she was excited to hear that I had actually BEEN there!

Bethany and Brianna came by soon after, bringing me EXCELLENT rhubarb pie.  Ellie was hungry and fussy and wouldn't even settle for Bethany, who I always called the baby whisperer.  But...she did settle for Brianna!  Bethany said she was going to have to give up her title :)

Bethany did get her to cuddle a bit after Brianna got her settled in :)  They brought her a cute little toy and adorable shoes.

Later that night, Ellie was still struggling to eat and they informed me she had lost a pound.  I started to worry.  It was clear to me that she would get frustrated from trying to eat and give up and fall asleep, which I didn't like.  They brought me formula to pour over myself to get her to suck better (yeah, it felt as gross as you think it did).  She actually ate a little and slept sounder as I used this trick through the night.  But I was worried...it seemed like a lot of weight to lose in two and a half days.