This is John David, officially 2 weeks old!! These days when I talk to people they ask me two very valid questions: 1. How are you? 2. How is J.D.? So let me answer those 2 questions honestly: 1. I attempt sleep 12 hours/night, but when you add up all the hours I spend during those 12 hours feeding and changing the baby, I sleep 7 hours/night. Seriously. I did the math. My gut is bloated and achy. […]
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Apparently being J.D. is just exhausting. This is what he usually looks like. My recovery has not been all peaches and cream the last few days, so I’m pretty excited that John David’s best hobby is sleeping. Hopefully, by the time he comes out of the newborn sleep phase and is ready to join the family (remember we did jolt him from his womb before he asked…), I will be more fully functioning and able to handle a new […]
» Read moreJohn David, 8 days old I am now 9 days out from my c-section. I’m feeling better, but not great. C-sections are a literal pain, but of course it is worth it to have my precious new little man. Drugs have become a very important part of my life. (Sounds like a wonderful mommy thing to say, huh?) When they first sent me home, I tried to keep up with my own medication schedule. After twice taking the […]
» Read more John David, 3 days old, in Mommy’s arms, in the comfort of his own room. So today is the 22nd, and he was born on the 19th. Does that make him three days old or 4? I’m thinking it hasn’t been 4 full days, so we will go with 3. That makes me feel better about how much I still hurt too. Hey, it’s only been 3 days. I will be feeling better before you know it! Let […]
» Read moreToday was my very last doctor visit of this pregnancy. Wow! I am 38 weeks and 2 days. So you may be wondering if I had dilated, effaced, etc. The answer is….I don’t know. No one checked me. I guess it’s different when you’re having a c-section. I left the house at 8:20 this morning, and I just now got home at 4:15. My blood pressure and heart rate were so high this morning that they retook it a […]
» Read moreholding Daniel the very first time. I was so happy to finally see my baby, as it had been a few hours since the birth. But I was in SO much pain, and my head was so fuzzy from the morphine that I was still rather out of it. (And oh, yeah with 2/3 of my deliveries, I swelled really bad, as you can see in my face. What’s up with that? My blood pressure was not high–you can see […]
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