Random Musings

Just a few random musings that don't fit into other posts or make for very exciting FB statuses.

We went today to pay off the main maternity hospital bill. Our insurance doesn't cover maternity so we had some slotted aside specifically for this. We had talked to them previously about paying in full and getting10% off of the bill. Well apparently there is a new bill that says if you have no insurance then you get a discount similar to what insurance would get. So instead we were able to get 27% off the bill. Yay! Now I might actually be able to do a decent Christmas for the big girls. Plus we ordered my Christmas gift from Lowe's today - a standup freezer. The bigger one was on sale for only $50 more than the small one so we got the big one.

The reason I want a freezer is store frozen breast milk in. With the older two, I only made it to 6 weeks with a combination of breastfeeding and pumping. With Olivia I did about 2 weeks of breastfeeding, then about a week of combo pumping/breastfeeding, and now all pumping. We are up to 10 weeks, plus I have about 50 bags frozen in the refrigerator freezer. It is so much more important for her to have breastmilk as it is easier for her to digest. Pumping is easier on us than the actual breastfeeding, because this way I can add extra calories to the bottles from formula and add salt. Also I was told that the enzymes could irritate skin and I prefer not to have that part of my body irritated. I'm making small goals as far as pumping. My current goal is to make it to the end of December. I'll set a new goal if I make it that far.

We had to move Olivia's Creon prescription to WalMart because Walgreens was having trouble getting it in and WalMart already carries the Creon6 for some other folks. This is her digestive enzyme so she HAS to have it in order to digest her food. Mike (hubby) didn't think to transfer the vitamin scrip over so we are still waiting on it. I need to get him to check and see if WalMart can get it in quicker or already has it unless Walgreens has gotten it in. He knows a couple of pharmacists at both places so I've been letting him take care of the scripts most of the time. Still waiting for the CFCare to send vitamins too. Starting to get frustrated with the whole vitamin deal.

We have a postal scale here at the house that goes up to 13lbs that we have been weighing Olivia on. It is pretty close to the one at Vandy. All the doctors' offices usually weigh with diaper only. We've discovered that clothes add approximately 3-4 oz. I weighed her last week and she weighed 7 lbs 9.4 oz. So I'm guessing that she is around 7 lbs 6 oz now. They want her to gain 1 oz a day but she is gaining closer to 1/2 to 3/4 oz per day. As long as she is gaining, I'm ok with a slower gain.