Milestones and Celebrations

Andrew, Joseph and I transferred to River Ridge for the next couple of days. We were supported by midwives 24 / 7 to learn how to dress, feed, change nappy, bath and put Joseph to bed. My milk had not come. Joseph was also moderately jaundiced so we bottle fed him and was on a 3 hour feed-change-sleep cycle. The other photo is on towards the end of our stay.

We had skin to skin and attempted to breastfeed Joseph at the very beginning of his life. The medical staff at Waikato Hospital check my vitals and found my heartbeat to be too fast. They kept us in for 2 days for observation. Joseph and I tried and tried but no milk came. My fast heartbeat was at the time a mystery. So they diagnosed me eventually with anemia. I was also quite dehydrated. I had a blood transfusion, iron infusion and fluids. We were discharged Tuesday 13 Augu

We birth Joseph via induction from Friday the 9th August 2024. The photo is me having skin to skin with Joseph. The induction consisted of a maximum of 16 doses of medication to bring on labour. I needed 14 doses for my labour to become established. The second half of the induction was more and more painful. I was 4cm dilated when our midwife was called. She arrived and we transferred into the birthing suite. From then on I had laughing gas to relieve pain. I felt the urge to

Baby Joseph Shiangyu 祥宇 Holland born 7.18am Sunday 11th August 2024, weighing 3.28 kg. Birth Announcement