OB appointment and misc

We had our surgery follow-up appointment today. Have I mentioned how much I love my OB? She is so compassionate and even though she was heading out to a birth at the hospital, she made sure she came in to see me and talk to me about how my surgery went. I had no indication that she was in any hurry at all.

Apparently what was stuck in there was a lobe of placenta. Not uncommon, but not common either (both Daddy and I were wondering if that was what had caused my bleeding at week 9??). And apparently it smelled quite bad and was very infected. They got some other, smaller pieces of placenta out but this piece was large. About the size of a mayo jar lid, according to what she demonstrated. It's scary to think how close I was to being septic and possibly getting very, very ill. She asked me to monitor my bleeding, and put me on another antibiotic for a week since things are still not quite ok. She also re-drew a CBC today.

So I'm on Keflex (generic) 4x/day for 7 days... it's safe to take while breastfeeding (have I mentioned how pro-BF my OB is?), and she asked me to call if anything changed.

After the OB appointment, we went home and had lunch, and then decided to head over to the mall so Mommy could get some exercise in. We made one loop around the top floor, and one full loop around the bottom floor before I got worn out. Emma did great the entire time, and it was fun to push her stroller around -- I felt like a REAL Mom! We checked out the family bathroom so we knew where we could change her and feed her if we needed, and we even did some shopping at JC Penny's, where Uncle Dean got her a gift card for Christmas. We got the most adorable stuff, and still have some of the card leftover! Thank you Uncle Dean!! Pictures will be coming when she's wearing everything (one thing is a onsie that says "Here Comes Trouble" -- too precious).

Mommy is exhausted, and Daddy has class tomorrow, so we're all going to bed early. We're also supposed to get 2-4 inches of snow, so Daddy wants to get up early to get a head start down to campus. I'm hoping he'll have time to download the pictures from Aunt Ann's visit so I can edit those and put those online.

We just finished reading a few pages of her book and now she's asleep in my arms. She's too adorable. She has been sleeping a lot today, between all the trips everywhere she's worn out. Hopefully this doesn't mean she'll be up all night! :)