My obstetrician checked me over and gave me good news, we would be discharged from hospital and could go home today as originally planned! I just had to take care of myself (of course) and he was going to give me something to help clear up the infection. I just   Read More ...

After a very rough day yesterday the nurse came in to check on me at 4am as I was still in a lot of pain. Sure enough she found the reason why. Turns out that some of my stitches had burst, I was very bruised and had a nasty infection. I was   Read More ...

Today of all my days in hospital has been the most painful. I’ve been very sore and have been keeping up the pain medication non stop just to get some relief. One of the nurses checked my stitches and found that I am very bruised. I will be trying a   Read More ...

After a rough night with Addi, Charles and I are quite exhausted however we must go on. Today Addison had his hearing test done which we were allowed to take photos, I even got to keep the ear cups from the test – they will be going into his little time   Read More ...

Tonight after midnight we are to call in the nurse to have Addison’s heel prick test done. This blood test will screen for rare congenital disorders. We won’t actually be told the results of this test, only if something is found to be wrong will we be notified. To find   Read More ...

I thought I would share with you some of the photos that Addison’s very proud Gran took today during her visit with us at the hospital.

Today mummy, daddy and Addi had a very busy day filled with visitors. First we had Gran come to see her grandson and stay with me while daddy went home to get some lunch and freshen up. She bought us some lovely flowers and gifts… we are all so spoilt!   Read More ...

As the days go on we are both getting more confident looking after Addison and are doing much more ourselves without calling for help from the nurses. One of the things that we are now doing on our own is nappy changing. Other areas are also getting much better, such   Read More ...

Tonight Addison had his first bath after his birth. We didn’t really do too much, it was more a lesson on how to bath him. I did however get to dry him off and we took some very cute photos of the occasion.

While I lap up the attention in hospital and have 3 course meals served to me everyday, not to mention morning and afternoon tea, daddy misses out. Instead of hospital food daddy went across the road and picked himself up some subway for dinner… daddy just loves those subway cookies!!   Read More ...