Friday, July 10, 2009

First Days with Luca







photos:
Elio Tolot
Barrow Davis-Tolot


Time alone with Luca at the Hospital was great. Elio and I will never forget those few days together with our new friend. Luca passed his hearing test and initial blood tests. Luca latched on right away. I almost was forced to start pumping a bottle so they could keep him in the light machine when he got Jaundice, but Dr. Lurvey stopped that. She told the hospital that I could take him in and out to nurse. She new how important nursing was to me and she didn't want to disrupt the natural process that was going on. If you pump too soon or introduce a bottle too soon you can create nursing difficulties for yourself and the baby.