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July 2016 Moms
Weville
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7/19 PGAL Check In
Weville
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Day late is better than never!
Status Update:
What's up next (appointments/ milestones/ anniversaries)?
Rants/ Raves/Symptoms:
GTKY- What do you want/ did you have for your first postpartum meal?
Status Update:
What's up next (appointments/ milestones/ anniversaries)?
Rants/ Raves/Symptoms:
GTKY- What do you want/ did you have for your first postpartum meal?
Re: 7/19 PGAL Check In
What's up next? Appointment tomorrow to check Duncan's weight. Really hoping it has stabilized. I had a check up today because my incision sprang a leak. Although it looked dramatic apparently it's totally normal. I'm going to look at it as a new way to get some of those extra fluids out so I'm that much closer to a less puffy self
Rants/Raves/Symptoms: Rant- when the bump eats half your post. Also the stress related with feeding and not knowing if he was getting enough. Deciding to supplement was so good for the mental stress. Rave- The love I feel for Duncan is so overwhelming. He's such a perfect little boy and I feel so lucky to be his mom.
GTKY: Since it was the middle of the night my burrito plan went out the window but I was starving so the goat cheese and chicken sandwich my husband found at a coffee shop was to die for
Status Update: 19 days old!
What's up next (appointments/ milestones/ anniversaries)?: my three week PP check with the midwife is today, M has a 1 month weight check on the 1st.
Rants/ Raves/Symptoms: My rant is the unbelievable hip pain that started up in the last few days that is making it difficult to walk. So frustrating!
My rave is that I am so in love that it is worth every annoying symptom and ache and pain. Our family finally has the missing piece we'd been waiting for!
GTKY- What do you want/ did you have for your first postpartum meal?
M was born at 4:34 am so first things first my mom brought coffee and donuts at 6. Then my stepdad brought me a Burgerville milkshake and a chicken strip basket with fries! Then my inlaws brought me a hot pastrami sandwich with swiss from my favorite kosher deli. Because I love food and I was starving haha.
What's up next (appointments/ milestones/ anniversaries)? Follow-up appointment with my OBGYN tomorrow...
Rants/ Raves/Symptoms: Rant - pumping takes so much tiiiiiiiime.... And I can't hold her while I pump unless I use a pumping system that doesn't quite work as well. Rave - my husband is so helpful! I had to do some work this week (applying for part time jobs to supplement my income next year and get extra experience / pay for daycare). Symptoms - I'm starting to have some spotting so I thought I might get my first period soon, but not really. I didn't miss it it can take its time!
GTKY- What do you want/ did you have for your first postpartum meal? We had croissants and pastries from an excellent nearby coffeeshop..... yum yum...
What's up next: Nothug for a while...me beginning of August her end of August.
Rants/ Raves/Symptoms: it's SO amazing to me to watch the changes in her weekly. This week's big milestone, she doesn't mind being propped up with pillows now. A week ago I don't know that she was strong enough, so she'd cry. Today she sat there for about 5 minutes or so happy as can be! She's also staying awake more between snoozes. She likes the ergo (thank god!!)! So I've been able to get some things done during her awake hours. Still fighting the gas issue.
GTKY- What do you want/ did you have for your first postpartum meal? One of my fave mom and pop shop delis is near our hospital! It's not convenient at all to our house so I never get to go anymore. I used to work in that area, which is how I discovered it. I got a deli sandwich and frozen yogurt and it was delish!!!
What's up next: midwife appointment Monday that I'm praying we don't make it to.
R/R/S: rant.... I really really really want this little boy to make his appearance already. Please bubba come out! Rave... Thank goodness for maternity leave. I have zero idea how in the world I was functioning working. I'm grateful for this time with DS1 and not having to be anywhere at certain times. We just do whatever all day which has been a blessing. Symptoms... Is feeling big as a house a symptom? Honestly just general feeling hugeness is my symptom.
GTKY: ummmm a bottle of wine?? Lol food is so unappealing right now I don't even care to eat.
What's up next: possibly going home from hospital tomorrow (yay!!!) and baby's first doctor's appt on Friday!
Rants/ Raves/Symptoms: still in some pain from C/S but I'm trying hard to walk around a lot and drink lots of water. My milk hasn't come in and we were worried about his feeding so today we started supplementing a little here and there. An little overwhelmed, got really weepy this morning after a sleepless second night.
GTKY- What do you want/ did you have for your first postpartum meal? You guys are so cool, my postpartum meal was some whack ass hospital food. After the c/s I got put on some crazy anti nausea meds and was on a liquid diet for the rest of the day. The next morning I woke up and went to town with the hospital food menu. It wasn't that great. I need a redo!
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Status Update:
19 days old
What's up next (appointments/ milestones/ anniversaries)?
One month check up on Aug. 1, and I need to schedule my 6 wk appointment.
Rants/ Raves/Symptoms:
Little man is growing fast and doing great! He's the best, I love being his mom!! My DH has been amazing and he was able to take a lot of time off so we've been getting some of our big house projects done this month too. I'm almost healed up from delivery, but having oversupply issues which has led to two cases of mastitis. I got over one last week and ended up with it on the other side this week. But it's cleared up now so I'm hoping I'm done with it forever....ugh. It sucks!!
GTKY- What do you want/ did you have for your first postpartum meal?
Subway! I craved it my whole pregnancy but didn't let myself have it because of the whole deli meat thing. So my dad went and got me a sandwich before they closed (I ended up delivering at 9:30pm) and I got to eat once we got cleaned up. After not being allowed to eat for 24 hours, it was glorious.
Status Update: 12 days old
What's up next (appointments/ milestones/ anniversaries)? Weight check/check up on Tuesday (27th)
Rants/ Raves/Symptoms:
Rave: He makes the best facial expressions ever! He has also earned the nickname squeak, because he constantly makes the cutest squeaky/squeaking noises all the time.
Rant: As of yesterday he decided he wasn't going to latch correctly anymore (top of his latch is fine, the bottom lip he wants against my nipple, lip not flanged) so he doesn't always get enough milk, and he gets mad. Broke down and gave him a 2oz bottle (we got 4 pre-made ones given to us "just in case" at the hospital) and he has been fine on the boob since... weird happenings
I am always SO hungry! I have lost 21lbs since having him, but can't believe I have since I feel like I never stop eating!
GTKY- What do you want/ did you have for your first postpartum meal? I wanted a whole bunch of things, but because squeak was born at 8:23pm, and DH is the one who went to get food (a few hours after he was born/when we were in our mommy and baby room so around 10:30pm or later when he left), one of the only things for sure open was Taco bell. So I had a craving box (burrito supreme, cheesy gordita crunch, regular taco) and mountain dew. I ate the burrito in the middle of the morning, think early am, during a feed lol.
Some of what I really Wanted was: breadsticks with cheese to dip it, shrimp, fish from long john silvers, ice cream from sycamore and some more random stuff.