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babyginsideout · 4 years

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It has been a full life since the last update. Matilda is growing, #praisethelord! Enough so that last week we actually didn't have any medical appointments - for the first time since early fall! It hasn't been without a lot of work for all of us, but work well worth it! As seen in the bottom left pic: pumping, feeding Matilda, and loving on all 3 kids have been our top priority. Typically feeding is by bottle as she just can't get enough calories from straight breast milk, a not-uncommon effect of the #gastroschisis. Matilda will likely continue to be small for a long time, but hopefully will maintain her own little growth curve. She's at the point now where full-length #preemie clothes are mostly too short, though the Made with Love 💕 onesie is a preemie and fits great. She's long but still so skinny so most newborn clothes she swims in! As you can see from the top pic, Matilda's belly is healing!! All that's left is an #umbilicalhernia which is relatively common and may not need to be surgically fixed for a long time. She has another surgeon appointment coming up next week where hopefully we'll learn more. It's been a very different journey than with our older kids. I myself had never bottle-fed either of them, & our 2nd never took a bottle at all! It is a blessing that Matilda can nurse, and does some each day, even though it's not enough to get her growing. It gives me new appreciation for those who bottlefeed, and especially those who #exclusively pump. SO MANY DISHES!!! Our schedule still revolves around a variation of the #triplefeeding but thankfully I'm able to pump enough milk in less sessions than I had been, so we've got some more time than we did. We're starting to make a new normal for ourselves! We're slowly starting back up with #homeschoolpreschool, getting outside, and mostly are looking forward to the New Year and getting to see Matilda grow! Oh yeah, and eventually (little by little) tackling the laundry mountain and general household chaos that has grown up while we're here in #newbornland! #growbabygrow #gastrowarrior #gastrofamily #mightytilly #smallbutmighty https://www.instagram.com/p/CJpfnaRrdVk/?igshid=185y3unbiuirt

#praisethelord #gastroschisis #preemie #umbilicalhernia #exclusively #triplefeeding #homeschoolpreschool #newbornland #growbabygrow #gastrowarrior #gastrofamily #mightytilly #smallbutmighty

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septembersung · 8 years

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There’s something about pregnancy, especially this late in the game, that brings out my inner child. I want to cry if I don’t get a nap, I’m always getting hungry again, and I just want someone else to come in and take care of me and all my responsibilities.

I did a few good things today. Some really good things. But there’s more to do and somehow I always overestimate my ability to get things finished.

I’m just exhausted and sore and it’s another two or three hours til bedtime. And I can’t leave these chores unfinished.

#my life #my kids #baby e #evenings are hard. especially since husband is exhausted too.#but this is the final countdown!#newbornland is a different kind of hard #but it's a relief even in the hard parts after all the physical aches that come with the last month of pregnancy #i'm so afraid of not finishing all these things in time #but i'm looking forward to l&d and the babymoon

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