Hurdle 1:
We found out today that Olivia has a slight 'tongue tie'...this is when the piece of skin that joins your tongue to the bottom of your mouth is closer to your lips than it should be. It means that your tongue can't really get out passed your lips and if left makes breast feeding difficult and can lead to speech impediments. SO Olivia is having this corrected tomorrow in a small operation that should only last a few minutes and should mean she can breast feed more easily within hours of the op.
Lisa is slightly relived as she was getting frustrated with the lack of progress with the breast feeding. There still might be problems but at leas we can cross tongue tied of the list tomorrow.
Hurdle 2
Transitional care...Lisa called me this morning to tell me that an ambulance was booked for 2pm today to take Olivia to the Bath RUH. I couldn't decide if this was good or not because although it would be great to get out of Bristol and be nearer to home I thought it could take longer to be discharged as the staff would have to get to know Olivia and us etc. It was all academic within an hour because when the tongue tie was discovered it was decided that we would stay put for the op and then Lisa and Olivia would be moved upstairs to ward 76 in St Michaels for transitional care.
Lisa will stay in the ward with Olivia until she is ready to come home so I'll have a few lonely nights but it will all be worth it in the end.
Olivia has had a pretty unsettled day today and is getting used to a full stomach. She has vomited a few times and once in her first ever bath!! She seemed happy when we left her so I hope she has a good night.
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| First Bath!..Not happy. |
Thanks again for all your support and I hope to have good news tomorrow.
James x
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