If I came with a warning label, what would it say?

I'm not sure which is worse...

the Fact that Jefferson Parish has allowed Steven Segal to actually become a Deputy Sheriff,

or

That I know where Jefferson Parish Louisiana is....

That is all.

Okay... Here's some Halloween pictures.. We took Mistress Minion out with my boss' kids and they had a blast. We went to a neighborhood that gets really into it.. they where having a block party, there was a haunted house, lots of people with really elaborate and fun decorations. Minion made out like a bandit.

( Woooot! )

This next picture is of Elizabeth.. in one of the best, if not the best, piece of clothing she owns. It was inspired because of a comment from Sons of Anarchy in which a character made reference to a wife beater onsie.

( Boy Beater )

mood: amused

I will save you all with a cut..

( Lethal amounts of cute ahead! )

Went back to work yesterday morning..

It went really well. It felt more normal. It was a Monday, and I was opening like I used to do before I went on leave. Granted it was a bit slow, and there where a couple of times I got a bit teary eyed.. but other then that it was a good day.

I've decided not to go part time and ease back into full time. I think it will be more natural for me just to go with what I was doing.. returning to an old, and loved, routine.

mood: working

Anyone out there in LJ land ever read any of Kathy Reich's books?

I'm infatuated with Bones on TV, and need some new reading material...

Well.. I start work again tomorrow.

I'm happy to be working again, and look forward to it. But I'll miss the time with the baby.

Bleh..

Woke up this morning looking like Angeline Jolie after going 10 rounds with Mohammad Ali.

Apparently, I had an allergic reaction to something last night. Either something I ate, inhaled, touched, or was bitten by. Its better now.. not as visibly swollen as it was this morning. My lips are back to a normal size.

Got some meds.. we'll make a decision tonight on if SoCon is still happening for either of us.

mood: distressed

Watched "Milk" tonight.

It was good.. depressing at the end, but good. Wish there were more people like him today.

It was interesting recognizing some of the people in the film. By name only I knew Cleve Jones.. I worked for Names project while in San Diego for a short time.

I recommend this movie.

To Bring you this report...

Hello.. I'm sending this from the command post deep within the Quaratine Zone of District 9 & 3/4.

Since Sunday, residents have been stricken with .... (pause for dramatic effect) THE FLU!

(waits for initial overrated and totally uncalled for panic to subside)

Thats right.. the flu has attack half of the population of 5885 S Del Rey Ave... though it seems to have avoided infecting the youngest resident and her mom (WOOOT!)

Doctors believe that the quarantine shouldn't last past friday for the school aged, but no clue as to its affects on the adult.

Plans for Ontario may be altered...

Stay tuned.

*We now return you to your Regularly Scheduled Programming**

mood: weird

Awww...

My boss announced Elizabeth's birth in our quarterly newsletter. Today she forwarded me a reply from one of our clients congratulating me and looking forward to seeing me back at work.

I find it so funny to look back at my time in school and how I was adamant that I absolutely did not want to work in small practice.. that I didn't want to deal with the crazy people. Little things like this just cement how much I really am enjoying this atmosphere, and am likely not to leave it anytime soon.

mood: loved

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I'm still gigglin..

mood: giggly

Okay...

So all this hubbub over what the President said about West's actions at the VMA...

If he hadn't have acted like a JACKASS he wouldn't have been called one.

Get over it.

Elizabeth weighs 9lbs 3oz today.. granted that was with clothes and diaper, but she's picked up some weight from the 8 12 she was last week.

The pediatrician said she looks fine, he doesn't believe she is undernourished at all, and informed me that sometimes breastfed babies take a bit longer to get back to their birth weight.

He also mentioned that he doesn't think she needs to be supplemented, and that we should only wake her up to eat if she's gone 4-5 hours without eating. As long as diapers during the day are full of faint yellow to clear colors then she is hydrated enough and getting enough to eat.

So we'll be continuing to take her to the pediatrician instead of the other doctors.. and its nothing to do with the resident who I am usually seen by. He will make a great doctor some day, but right now he is at the whims of his attendings, and I don't like the choices they've made for me or for Elizabeth.

mood: calm

Or "How my doctor's might be fucktarded."

So... Elizabeth's last doctor's appointment was annoying. I needed a good break from life and we went up North for the weekend and hung out with friends all weekend long. It was totally awesome.

So back to the doctors. At her last doctor's appointment she only weight 8 lbs 12oz. By textbook, she's supposed to be back at birth weight by two weeks of age. She's not eating every two hours, she eats.. every... 2 to 6 depending on the time of day and how much she ate at the last feeding. She's been progressively awake longer, as the days go by, which is to be expected.

Doc says he believes her to be undernourished (despite the fat rolls on her squidgy cheeks and arms and the double chin)... and that he wants us to feed her every two hours, if she's sleeping we're to wake her up and make her eat. On top of that he wants us to supplement with high calorie formula every other feeding. Then he recommended I go to a Lactation consultant.

Consultant wasn't thrilled when I said she was being supplemented... We are working on increasing production through herbal remedies.. a yummy tea, oatmeal, sleep, and fenugreek.

So here's the problem... if I am supposed to wake her up and make her eat, am I not screwing with her internal clock? Babies won't sleep if they're hungry... unless they are at the starving malnutrition point.. my baby is by far, not starving. I was discussing the issue with doctor Mom, who brought it up, and it just feels like I'm setting her up for an eating disorder. If I keep feeding her regardless of when she's hungry on her own, how will she ever know when she's hungry? And I'm taking her out of her normal metabolism set routine to put her on my routine? I'm confused on how this is healthy for the baby. She's not underweight.. She was an above average weight to begin with. She is showing signs of being more developed then a three week old should be... awake for long periods of time, holding her head up fairly well (not totally mind you, but pretty damn good), those things...

Soo... tomorrow we have an appointment with a pediatrician, to get a second opinion and to talk to a specialist about this. It just doesn't sit well with me, and I want to get someone's input who only sees babies and children. Don't get me wrong, Family Practice doctors are awesome, but they have to know so much as they treat from infancy through to elderly... thats a huge amount of stuff to keep track of. And some older doctors don't put too much weight in breastfeeding, apparently they don't believe that babies could possibly be getting the nutrition they need. *grrrr*

Annoying to say the least.

mood: annoyed

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I could so see this.... you die.. see the light at the end of the tunnel and then.. wtf?! Jack Bauer! I should have known... you'd have to be workin for God to have that many shitty days and still live.


On the normal side of things.. life goes. Fever is pretty well gone, and I look forward to heading home to Fresno tomorrow. I miss my loves at home.

Elizabeth is doing well. Battling with some colic last night and tonight but its not too bad.

mood: calm

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/splash-cataclysm.htm


I'm so playing a Worgen.

mood: geeky

Okay.. so everything goes smoothly on Monday morning.. we show up, I get hooked up and they start pitocin, which induces labor.. at 11am I am at 4cm.. at 4pm, still at 4cm. Doctors are willing to give it a bit more time (2hrs) and then discuss the possibility that labor is arrested and that I should go home and come back three days later. 5pm, 4.5cm.. Attending Doc, who was on her way home, came in and started discussing the risks of my staying.. At this point its worth noting that she has zero bedside manner.. and made it sound like if I chose to stay that I was being a bad mom, and that I should just deal with the pain that caused me to come in the first place and go home.. coming back in three days. We mentioned that my emotional and physical state have deteriorated dramatically over the past week and she didn't seem to care about anything other then the admittedly small risk that staying longer could stress the baby and require an emergency C-Section.

After basically a screaming match, where in the Nurse present spoke up on our behalf (rock!), I told the Doctor that I appreciated hearing her advice, but that I wanted to stay until Tuesday morning at least, give it another 12 hours and accepted the risk that I might have to have a C-Section before then if it came to that. C-Sections weren't my concern.. I didn't intend on having any other kids, so.. *shrugs*...

After a moment where it was discovered that I was leaking amniotic fluid (a great plus sign as broken water means they *can't* send me home), one of the nurses did a procedure that hurt like holy hell, but aggravated my body into harder more appropriate contractions. At 6pm I was at 5-6cms, and the resident there said the new attending Doc on Call is willing to rupture water! At 745pm 7-8cms.. 8cms btw is the cut off for spinal anesthesia. We call the anesthetist, who shows up at 820pm.. I'm 8.5cms.. He gives me slightly less of a dose then the normal one as they are certain she'll be born before 10. At this point.. Byron, Me and my Mom wanted to call the old nasty doc and tell her to screw, as I'm apparently not stalled.

10pm... no baby yet.. and I realize that I am feeling the majority of the contractions, and boy do they hurt! The Anesthesia is enough that it covered the feeling of pain I'd have been on since during delivery you are up on your hips and my sciatica would have been a serious issue. But I felt everything else. Byron and my mom where a great help, but otherwise it was totally natural.. yay.

And now...

The peanut.. ( Elizabeth Morgan Miracle )

I'll post more pictures when I have them.

mood: accomplished

I am home. Doing as well as can be expected.

Elizabeth is also doing well. Looking cute! I'll have pictures posted as soon as we get some on the computers, as well as a longer post with more detail (not too graphic I promise) once I've had some better sleep.

Elizabeth Morgan Miracle, Born August 17th, 2315 (11:15pm) 9# 4oz, 21 inches.

mood: tired