We had to stay in the hospital a little longer than planned. Originally, the plan was to give birth in a water birthing center, but had to switch care to OHSU due to Tara's complications. Since Bonnie was born via c-section, we had to stay three days for Tara to recover and have tests done to be sure her heart was okay since it was beating too fast during delivery and afterward in recovery. They were getting ready to discharge us on the third day, but noticed Bonnie looked a little yellow, so they did some tests and found she was a little jaundice. So we stayed until late the following night so Bonnie could do some light therapy to get her jaundice under control. That coupled with the two days in labor meant we were there for six days. I think we were all relieved when Bonnie's tests came back okay and they released us... Jake especially since he had been sleeping in what was essentially a window seat during recovery and a rock-hard chair during induction (not that he slept much during that time). Bonnie was a fabulous baby from the start. She had no trouble eating, and hardly ever cried when we were in the hospital. She was so alert after she was born that Tara stayed up most the night just staring at her. After her first night, Bonnie pretty much slept and ate the rest of our stay in the hospital... at least one of us was well rested!
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