Cora's Check-Up

Cora got to go to the pedi for her 5 day check-up. She was discharged from the hospital weighing 6lbs 13oz, and today she weighed 6lbs 14oz. My milk came in yesterday, so I am glad that she is finally gaining weight again. Her bilirubin levels were low at the hospital at only 7.9, and the pedi doesn't think that they are much higher than that right now. He expects her yellowness to decrease rapidly now that she is getting some milk from me.

We have a weigh check again next Friday just to make sure she is still gaining. At that point she will be almost 2 weeks old, so I am hoping to be very close if not past her birth weight. Today she was 19.5 inches long. It is highly doubtful that she grew an entire inch in 5 days (4 of which were days without anything but colostrum). It is pretty likely that they mis-measured her at birth. But 18.5 inches is the official length, so that is what is going in all of her paperwork.

Here are some pictures of sweet little Cora taken yesterday at 4 days old. Love her!