I love being a mommy!

Today was Brentley's second full day home. Since coming home on Monday afternoon I have been really sick with a spinal headache. The doctor sent me home with a few different kinds of medicine for the headaches but nothing was really working. Every time I would try to sit up in bed my head felt as if it was going to explode. Last night I finally had had enough and broke down and called the doctor. When we left the hospital on Monday the doctors did not think it was a spinal headache because the medicine seemed to be working. Once we called the doctor last night she said she still wasn't sure it was a spinal headache but that she would put orders in with the pain clinic today for a blood patch if I wanted to go have that done. So last night I took pain medication every four hours and I had no relief at all. I called first thing this morning and the pain clinic was able to get me in around 12:30 to do the blood patch. Dad had to get off of work to take me over to Concord since Phillip was working. When dad got to the house I told him to take Brentley and change him and feed him while I got ready. Getting ready was a huge task. Even being out of the bed for a minute put me in excruciating pain. I finally was able to finish getting ready and we were on our way. Once to the pain clinic it felt like an eternity just to walk from the car to the office. My head felt as if it were going to come off at any moment. Once we were back in the office I was able to lay down and the pain was gone. I stayed on the bed until the blood patch was done. To do the blood patch they had to start two IV's. One IV was for fluids and the other was to get the blood for the patch. The procedure did not take long at all and as soon as it was finished and I was able to sit up the headache was completely gone. I was so glad that I had decided to go ahead and get it done. My head is still a little sore tonight but doesn't ache like it has since Monday. I feel like a new person actually being able to sit up and take care of my child. I have been lucky that Allison was off half a day on Tuesday and Phillip was off yesterday to look after Brentley. I do not know what I would have done if no one would have been off to help me those two days.

Enough about me, Brentley is doing so good. He normally only wakes me up twice at night for feedings. I was a little concerned when we first left the hospital because he was not eating very much at all. They gave us premixed formula at the hospital. Each bottle contains 2 ounces and while there he wasn't even eating 1/2 and ounce. Now he is eating the entire bottle which makes me happy. He had his first doctor's appointment yesterday and she said everything looked great. He does have a little jaundice but not enough that he needs treatment. The jaundice actually looks much better today now that he is eating more. Phillip has been a great help with Brentley. When he has the next day off he takes baby duty at night so that I do not have to get up every night with him. He has also been great with changing diapers and just loving all over him. My parents have also been wonderful with helping us out. They have came over every night and mom gives him a bath for me about every night. She just loves doing that and Brentley actually doesn't mind taking a bath. I really don't think we will ever need babysitters because everyone in our families just fuss over him. Brentley hardly even knows what it feels like to lay down because someone is always holding him. He is only 5 days old but he is already spoiled rotten, which is okay. We really appreciate all the thoughts and prayers that everyone said for us while we were in the hospital. God has been very good to us and has truly blessed us with a precious little boy.