Update:
They finally got ahold of the social worker who met with us on Sunday in the hospital. The case has been cleared, all they're going to do now is a follow-up at our home. So now, we're simply waiting for clearance from the pediatrician. Of course, another problem sprang up...they put Luna on a five day antibiotic treatment. WHAT THE f*ck. And they did it without our consent, then conveniently forgot to tell us until a day later. However, the nurses are all telling them to release her earlier. The ped might be forced to bend to the pressure and release Luna earlier than Friday. Anyways, she got a single dose of penicillin (wtf? to administer it this early causes penicillin allergies in many, many children!) and a five-day "plan" of another antibiotic (my guess is amoxycillin, wifey wasn't sure which one it was but this sounds the most likely). So great...setting our daughter up for a lifetime of allergies. Wonderful. I only hope that she is strong enough to resist it...but she should be, considering she was full-term and is very healthy.
My wife and I are good friends with a woman who is not only an MD but also a doula and a childbirth education specialist. She has also given birth at home, and apparently more than once. We're going to see what she suggests, since she's got a lot more experience in this kind of thing than us.
