Josh and I did a covert diaper change tonight. We had been with Wren a few hours while the nurse was busy off-and-on. He seemed restless so Josh suggested he may need a diaper change. Normally, one is supposed to call the ICU bedside nurse (we ask for permission to hold him and move him as he is hooked up to lots of tubes and sensors). Anyway, this time we decided to just do it ourselves!
I managed to find the surgical gauze they use, the diaper stash etc. We even remembered to keep the diaper for weighing! (it was 50g! Bet you never weighed a wet diaper) and we changed his diaper. Having him in the ICU all strapped in and under lights - he has jaundice - makes us kind of tentative in treating him as really our baby to do things with so it was wonderful to do this simple thing.
I have also got set up to pump in his room. The lactation consultant was super-supportive and I have a referral to Occupational Health and Physical Therapy who will work with us to help Wren get used to nursing after all this nightmare is over, or at least we know which path we are taking in getting through it.
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