Welcome little one x
12 January 2018
(With permission)
Little Anastasia Vivian Barrington arrived on the 28th of December, weighing 3230g... and she’s a darling! You can see in the pics below 😍
Jo had quite a tough labour after being induced (via multiple avenues) but she’s happy (exhausted but happy) to have Anastasia here healthy!
As nothing can run smoothly in the Barrington household, I was unable to see them after returning from holiday as they were in hospital with Genevieve...(she has subsequently been disacharged from hospital and readmitted again today).
I did manage to pop around for a visit last weekend and found two exhausted parents, one sleeping child (tucked away in her room), and one beautiful sleeping baby. When John and Jo told me that she screams most of the night, I struggled to believe them. She was an angel my entire visit!!
Unfortunately, baby Anastasia is also struggling to thrive and was admitted to hospital a few days ago. (Which means that the whole family is currently at Base Hospital - but in different wards). They are having feeding issues and Anastasia is struggling to regain the weight babies lose after birth and has continued to lose weight. Jo assures me that they are getting the help and advice they need in hospital. Phew! So hopefully Anastasia will turn the corner soon.
As Jo pointed out, it’s really first time parenting for them all over again. As Genevieve was in hospital for so long at the beginning of her life, they never experienced having a newborn at home. Quite a daunting and exhausting experience... especially when you add Genevieve’s care on top of that... you’ll appreciate that neither of these parents have had a full nights sleep in over 4.5 years.
In good, really good, news, without counting our chickens before they hatch... a donor is looking promising for Genevieve. They did cross match blood tests yesterday and we’re all holding fingers!! Please hold yours too!!
(With the help of the donor pool, it means that John will donate a kidney to another recipient, in the event that one becomes available for Genevieve. What I didn’t realise is that both of these operations occur within a very short time frame of each other, to essentially prevent someone (in this case John) from pulling out. While I understand that, it means that Jo will be managing two recovering family members and a newborn! Wow! So for this reason they have decided to use the money raised from this page to fly Jo’s mum Priscilla, out from South Africa when the time arises).
This page has 2.5weeks left to run, let’s see what we can do.
A happy new year to you all!
Sam