I slept through most of the night but woke twice when Guðrún was saying that the baby was throwing up. I was super tired and asked what the nurse said. Apparently, Guðrún had already talked to her and she said that it was all OK. So still half asleep I just went back to sleep. According to Guðrún I was like an alien and didn’t know where I was. Which seems about correct because I completely out of it while trying and failing to be supportive. Meanwhile, Guðrún was really worried and didn’t sleep at all.
I woke early the next morning when the baby woke. The both of us were still on cloud nine with our little girl. We talked to the new nurse that went over a few things with us. Guðrún tried to breastfeed. She didn't expect it to work but the nurse was there and gave us some nipple shields to use. The baby took to the breast which was great but each feeding took a long time which made Guðrún more tired.
I got to change my first diaper which was very interesting. It was very full of meconium, I was not that surprised because I had heard that the first poop would be thick and black. Guðrún helped me clean our Panda's bum and we put on her diaper.
The hospital hotel was very nice and we were served nice food. Although the dinner we ordered was weird. We wanted to order two dishes: a chicken masala and a pork chop with mashed potatoes. But for some reason, the kitchen just put everything on one plate, which was not want we wanted but we ate it anyway. This was one of the days where I was quite busy and didn´t get any time to write what happened, instead I wrote a bit about what happened the day before.
The highlight of the day was to get to hold my daughter in my arms while I was shirtless. Ther nurses recommended this skin to skin contact and I really enjoyed. She also looked at me for the first time which was wonderful.
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