Hi Ladies!!
Tomorrow is 2 weeks and man does it go FAST!
Recovery wise it is SLOW going for me. My incision, as you guys know, got infected and then was fine but yesterday I think I did just way too much and now the outside of it started bleeding again and the inside of my tummy (rather than the actual incision) is still hurting a bit. This is so frustrating. I want so much to get out and about and I'm like a slow moving turtle....my great grandma could pass me up. Weight-wise I'm just a couple pounds away from pre-preggo weight but my tummy is still swollen, so I went to that French store, Target' (prounounced Tar jay :0)) and bought a collection of shorts in 1-2 sizes up from my normal size, just so I wouldn't be confined to just sweats. Well, THOSE don't even fit at the waist!!! How long did it take you post-delivery gals to have your uterus shrink down to "normal" so you could wear at least some "normal" (aka non-maternity) clothes?
Little Christopher is just so darn CUTE and so good!!! After two colicky babies prior to him I was braced for another. So far (so far, so far, so far) he's not fussy really at all except when there's a reason. He cries when he's hungry, has a dirty diaper or is really tired. This week is when colick does tend to set in, so we're watching him closely, but so far, so good!
Night time feedings are going really well, too. He does wake every 3-4 hours but I get him up, feed him, change him and put him right back down and so far (again, so far, so far, so far) he just goes right back to slumber land. I'm telling you, right now he is such a dream!!!
I can't remember if I mentioned this in my "announcement" post, but he was born with a really low platelet count and they were concerned, but chalked it up to my being on Heparin for my previous blood clot. He had petichia (spelling?) and he also had the newborn rash erythemia toxicum (again, poor spelling, sorry) but that is super common and goes away between day 7-10 w/out treatment...it just looks ugly. Well, both the platelet count and the rash have resolved themselves so he now LOOKS like a newborn instead of a beautifully mottled rashy version :0).
I've had a couple of "bluesy" days but not baby-blues really, just overwhelmed and exhausted blues. One was when my 7yr old DS called me a ginormous something-or-other (can't even remember now) and started crying (pah-leeze...how immature can a 40-yr old mother get???!!!) and the other was when my mom, the only real help I have here since we're out-of-state and don't yet know a ton of people, became sick pre-delivery w/ pneumonia, only to heal from that and then 2 days ago became sick AGAIN with some terrible bowel and GI bug (can you say grown-up diapers??? Seriously). School's out for summer, I still can't move around very well (although somehow I managed a shopping trip to TArget...guess I know what's important, huh???), my DD & DS want to go everywhere (please, mom can we go to the pool, store, park, outside to ride bikes, so-and-so's house, this place or that place) and I'm stuck on the sofa still and my DH works 12 hours / day and my mom is sick. AND we have relatives coming in for a 1 week visit on Wednesday, for which I need to somehow clean the house and get groceries. YIKES! So I went bluesy over that.
But then DH said, "Hon, my dad and step-mom are flying in to HELP. They don't expect to be pampered or entertained; they're here to help you while you're recovering and your mom is down for the count and I'm working".
So I cried over that!! Love them!!
Of course I cry at everything, now. My mom's bug came from your's truly. I thought my incision got re-infected b/c I had the runs and a fever and I thought for sure I was going to be admitted for IV antibiotics. So I cried about what would happen w/ the little guy...would they let him room in w/ me or not? Turns out incision did NOT get re-infected and I had a bug. I cried because I was so relieved! And then when my mom caught my bug and became so sick I cried over THAT!
I cried when my DD expresses how in love she is w/ Little Christopher and I cried when DS finally gave his little brother a kiss (he's been so afraid of touching him for fear it meant he'd himself have t have a baby...how funny). And then I cried AGAIN when DS asked Little Christopher to come into his video game room so he could teach him how to play Lego StarWars!!
And then I just cry b/c I'm tired :0)
Sounds like a lot of crying but not really. Most of it just lasts for a few minutes and then we're back to our day. We're all doing really great, all things being said, and I'm sure I'll do personally even better when I'm FINALLY healed. Definitely a longer recovery cycle this time around!!!
Oh, and while it's only 3, I did post a few photos in my profile. I've taken some more but haven't had time to post them yet. Will do so this week.
So that's what's going on here in newborn land. Tomorrow is 2 week check-up for both me and the baby. Hopefully he's gained some weight as we left the hospital at 6lbs even.
He's crying now so off I go!
Christina
Little Christopher = 13 days old