Ava's Second Day

Hayden and Ava with some of their grandparents

Vian and Papa Joel seeing Ava for the first timeGrandma Debbie and Grandpa Denny with Ava

Grandpa Pat and Ava

Jenn and Ava

Two new proud grandparents with Ava

Another pretty bow for her hair

Grandpa Denny, Grandma Debbie, Hayden and Ava. Hayden's shirt says, "I'm the Big Brother".

Sitting with Mommy after she was able to get up for the first time since the surgery

It's photo time! Ready to go in her pretty dress.

This morning after Ava's assessments we were informed that she was jaundiced so they ordered a test to see how much. Her levels were high, but our Dr. hadn't decided a course of action quite yet, and ordered another test for the evening. After those results came in and her levels were even higher they decided she needed phototherapy under the bilirubin lights and that supplementing with formula would really help her to clear it from her system along with me nursing her every 2 hours. After considering it we decided this was the best choice as the lights can make her dehydrated. Then we were informed that she has already lost 10% of her birth weight and that our decision to supplement would help her even more when she's placed under the lights. My milk hasn't come in yet and Ava is needing more to maintain her body weight so once it comes in she should start gaining her weight back since she is nursing well otherwise. My milk should be starting to come in tomorrow or the next day as it takes a little bit longer after a csection to come in. I'll be trying not to stress out too much about it throughout the next day or so.

Today Ava had her pictures taken and once they are uploaded onto the website I will share the link and password for everyone.