Tuesday 19 April 2011

After the birth

Our newest bundle arrived last week with a successful homebirth. It wasn't my easiest labour, but it was still a good one (I'll post more later, once I have my head around it)
I had been looking forward to this birth for more than the obvious reasons. Of course I wanted to meet my youngest daughter but there are other things that I was missing.
I wanted to eat soft cheese! (and my husband had a lovely round of Camembert ready)
I wanted to fit through doorways again and I wanted to stop bumping my belly into everything.
I wanted to get in and out of the car without being tempted to call a crane.
And I wanted to sleep on my belly! Now this last one would seem to be the easiest but it is the one I haven't yet achieved. For the first night bub fed ALL night! Barely a wink of sleep was had and all was while sitting up in bed. The second night was better but bub slept on my chest. The third night I had a visit for the lactation fairy and my milk came in, so now I have a rack that many women would pay top dollar for and it is again impossible to sleep on my tummy!
Sigh, the things we sacrifice as mothers....

2 comments:

k said...

Congratulations on the safe arrival of bub. Hoping the boobs are settling down nicely now. I bet Bug and Cricket are very doting big sisters? What pet name are you going to have for DD3 I wonder?

The Distressed Mother said...

Congratulations on the safe arrival of your precious girl. Hope you're enjoying your cheese.

TDM xx

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