3 weeks old

Bori is 3 weeks old today. It's still amazing to even think about that she should still be inside me.. and yet, I have this cute little girl sleeping in the house..
We have arrived to CA, without too much problem. Bori was an angel all travel long, she was sleeping and eating. Reka was really good too. Balint was waiting for us at SFO, and after my mom has arrived too, we got back to Stockton around 2am. The house is great, Balint did a really good job finding a proper house. I love it. Stockton is nice too.
I took Bori to the doctor on Wednesday, she's healthy, everything is fine with her.
Anyway, more later, cause I still have a lot to do and unpack here.
I'll take some photos of the house and of Bori as well.
If someone is interested in our address, email me, or call me..
Everyone have a great weekend!

California uberalles uberalles California... tomorrow :D

It's our last day here.. tomorrow off we go to CA :D yeeee, can't wait..
Everything is great with us, Bori is an angel, doesn't cry, just sleeps and eats.. and sometimes nowdays starts to watch/look at things.. She's 2630g today, so it's a good 100g more than we were a week ago. She is really behaving perfectly and ideally, and lets me get the house and the luggages ready for the travel.
Balint got a house for us, and bought furnitures, everything is set there too..
OK, next time from CA... wish us luck for the travel tomorrow, it'll be a long long day with ca. 24-26 hours travel ..

Home

Afternoon nap on the same bed in the guest room. 08/12/08.



Waking up ..08/12/08.



Waking up 08/12/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.



In the postintensive room 08/08/08.



In the postintensive room 08/08/08.



In the postintensive room 08/10/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.



In the postintensive room 08/10/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.



In the postintensive room 08/09/08.




We were released from the hospital yesterday :D:D:D

The weekend went well, Bori was and is eating nicely, gaining weight, so we were actually ready to go home on Saturday, she was healthy and everything was fine. Except there was nobody to write the so called closing report in the PIC since it was weekend and there were only one doctor on call, and she had no time ... great, isn't it? good to know that they keep in mind what's good for the baby.. and obviously it's better to stay at the hospital for 2 more days than to go home, right? ;) brrr... i was at my limit baring the whole hospital feeling...
anyway, but we are home. everything is fine.
Reka, Bori and I sleep in our room, Bori has her own bed thanks to my sister, who bought a traveling bed for themselves, and let us use it for a week, Reka sleeps in my bed. In the daytime Bori sleeps downstairs in the guest room. She eats regularly, around every 3.5 hours, and a good 60mL amount. The rest of the time she sleeps, no awake time yet, but I think it's good for her. She needs to rest and gain weight and get stronger.

I picked Bori's passport up today :D all I have to do is to get her visa now, and everything will be set. It is scheduled for Thursday morning, but I might try to reschedule for tomorrow and then I'll be over with everything by tomorrow afternoon.
We got our ticket set too :D we are traveling on the 19th of August, so from a week from today. We were lucky and my mom can travel from BUD (Budapest) to JFK on the same flight with us. From JFK she has to go on a different route, but it's far much better than flying all by myself with the kids during the whole day..
it's so funny writing down KIDS :D in plural :D
Balint got a house for us, hopefully he'll be moving in on Wednesday, and will be getting some furniture. He's quite good in arranging the things there, so I'm very impressed :D

anyway, that's it for today, again, I'll attach some pictures now..
more later.

One week

In the postintensive room, 08/06/08.



In the postintensive room, 08/06/08.



In the postintensive room, 08/06/08.



In the postintensive room, 08/06/08.



Visiting hour, pic was taken through a window. 08/07/2008.



Visiting hour, pic was taken through a window. 08/07/2008.




Visiting hour, pic was taken through a window. 08/07/2008.



The "boat" that she sleeps in during the photo therapy :D 08/07/2008.



almost naked :D has a cover on her eye to protect from the light.. 08/07/2008.




One week has passed: we are still in the hospital, doing quite good!
Bori has gained back her weight, so she weights now as much as when she was born, which is quite good they say.
She's eating every 3 hours, no exception here, there are strict rules in the PIC department (prenatal intensive care), but I can go and feed her every 3 hours.
She still has some yellowish color, jaundice I was told the name of this, she receives photo therapy as well as some medication, so it's getting better.
She received her last dose of antibiotic yesterday, so we are officially off from medication, and I'm hoping her natural (intestinal) flora will develop soon and her digestion and appetite will get better in a couple of days.
So overall we are good and waiting to be released from the hospital, which will probably be on Monday or Tuesday.

and now the story:
I went to the hairdresser last Wednesday morning, I was totally fine and relaxed, and when I finished, I was walking on the street and all the sudden my water broke, that was around 10:30am. I have no idea what could have probably induced this, no indication whatsoever. Anyway, I'm trying not to think about it, cause it doesn't matter now why or what could have I don't to prevent it. I ran into a little shop (another hairdresser in fact), and asked for the bathroom. A couple of minutes later I called a cab, and he took me to my doc to the hospital. He was quite good in avoiding the traffic.
I tried to call my doc, but she wasn't available, left a message that I'm coming, but still, she was surprised to see me. She listened to Bori's heartbeat, she was fine, and she told me that since I'm in week 34 she can not allow me to stay there at that hospital, cause there's a rule in Hungary that any pregnant woman who's under week 36 can only give birth in a hospital which has a prenatal intensive care unit, and her hospital doesn't have one. So I was transfered to another hospital, and they've started the treatment around 1pm:
I got a 24 hours steroid treatment, which induces an enzyme production that helps the start production or function of the lung. Next to this steroid I got a medicine that prevents the contraction of the uterus, which has a side effect of increased heartbeat and shaking hands .. so it was funny how I could not write my name down very nicely :D
anyway, I was off from the steroid at 1pm Thursday, and the preventing medicine was slowly decreased. I was off from all the medication by around 8pm Thursday, and we waited. Nothing happened, and of course they will not do anything other than ER stuff during the night.
Friday morning first they've started to administer the oxitocin, which induced the labor, I got an epidural into my spine, and we waited.. (the epidural was a must, cause it prevented the strong contraction of the muscles and so Bori wasn't hurt that much during the delivery).. the contractions slowly started, but there was no pain. By around 1pm some small pain started, and at 2pm the doctor transfered me to another doctor cause his shift was over, and that doctor soon realized that I still have some caul left, and that was causing the process to be slower .. so he got rid of that, and there we went .. the pain has started, I got some pain killer, and I started to dilate quite fast. I got another dose of pain killer around 4:30pm, but it didn't really .. by the time I was asking is it normal that it didn't help, I had to push, and for the second push Bori was born.
It was quite an easy birth, I was happy and wasn't very exhausted at all.. the doctor played a joke on me and said that I have a beautiful son, of course I shouted at him saying that it's a girl, right? and he said yes, of course I just wanted to check how sober you are.. well, i was totally sober. ;)
They took Bori, cleaned her up and took her to the PIC immediately. So I just took a peak on her when she was out, but that was it. It wasn't a really great feeling I have to add, not to be able to hold her when she was born, or a couple of minutes later, but oh well, that's life, I have to accept it, and just hang in there, right? and we'll be over this quite soon and fly to Balint and can start a whole new life with two beautiful girl, right :D
hopefully the third one will be a "normal" one and we can take that baby home in 2 days.. :)

oke, that's it for now, I'll attach some picture now.
more later.

Postintensive room

Bori smiling :D 08/04/2008 1:30pm.



Bori sleeping 08/04/2008 1:30pm


Out from the incubator, in the postintensive room, first time holding her!! 08/04/2008 7:30pm.


In the postintensive room. 08/04/2008 8pm.


We are out from the intensive care unit, and in a room called postintensive.
Bori is getting more and more healthier. I'm still in the hospital, so I can go and feed her every 3 hours, at least try. She still has some yellowish color (I don't know what's it called in English but it's common with every newborn due to some blood cell and kidney related stuff..), and she's sleeping a lot!! so it's hard to wake her up so that she would eat.. but I'm trying my best.
She still gets infusion, 5mL/hr, but she's eating ca. 25-30mL/3 hours now, so I'm hoping we'll be off from the infusion today.
I don't know when can we go home, it's party depends on some test results we haven't gotten back yet.
more later.

Borbála (Bori) Sztáray

Borbála Sztáray was born on Friday at 5:48pm with 2490g. She's 48cm tall.
I'll tell all the details later. She's fine knowing that she was 6 weeks early, still in the incubator, but doesn't need help to breath at all. She's eating small amount now, around 8-10mL. She has to get stronger in the eating before we can leave the intensive unit and then finish her antibiotic treatment before we can leave the hospital.
Balint is crossing the country right now. I have to rebook the tickets tomorrow, so right now I have no idea when we'll be joining him in CA. Hopefully around the 20th or 25th of August the latest.
OK, more later.