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May 2011 Moms
jeffrae
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Staying in post partum without DH sucks
jeffrae
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Hey May Girls! Ava is here - born last night at 5:53 pm, 7.05 lbs and 20 inches long with a head full of DARK brown hair about an inch long! She is doing well...but we are being kept an extra day due to water broken for 18 hours and a slight rise in both her and my temps. She is also puking quite a bit (her stomach has been pumped twice already to get extra fluid out)....so am keeping fingers crossed she got it all out and we can be discharged tomorrow. Birth story to come....
This post is from my room in post partum. Just me and Ava. DH has been here for just 4 hours today - due to our plans completely blown to pieces for friends to watch DD1 (they got super sick...so we had to find backups for our backups for two nights since we were admitted Wed and had her Thurs). So, a little hormonal and tired....I am crying right now because I miss DH. He is coming back for an hour tonight thanks to a friend who can watch her...but then heading back out to be with DD. Which is most important - especially as she did not handle meeting her little sister very well this morning (they are exactly 20 months apart). Anyway, it just sucks. I am trying to handle it....but no family in town...it is just hard.
So the nurse is going to take DD2 to the nursery to let me get some sleep tonight. I know other moms who have had to do this too for similar reasons....I just had no clue how hard it would be. I am trying to be strong and deal with it....but I just broke down. Thankfully DH brought in our home laptop when he came back this AM so I can keep myself occupied during the down times.
Okay...if you have read this far...thank you for "listening". I am sure I will feel better when he gets here. I guess this is welcome to managing a family with multiple children!
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Re: Staying in post partum without DH sucks
first... congrats!!! welcome to the world Ava...
second... huge hugs. hopefully soon you all will be home tomorrow. try to get some sleep mama.
Couldn't have said it better. Sending you big hugs!
Congratulations on Miss Ava's arrival! Can't wait to see photos of your dark-haired sweetie
And I'm so very sorry about DH...that has to be rough dealing with so many things PP and DH isn't able to be there to comfort you because he's watching DD1. And don't you feel bad at all for having to put Ava in the nursery-she's fine in there and you need your rest plus time for you to recover. Hope you're able to either find someone to watch DD1 and DH can be with you soon and that they discharge you soon!
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Aww I'm sorry that your babysitters fell through. DS and DD will be 20 months apart and I am not looking forward to the whole strategy of what to do with DS for the week (I'll be in the hospital from Monday-Thursday or Friday).
Don't feel bad about sending the baby to the nursery. Enjoy that you have the help! You NEED your rest. I am hoping my nurses will take DD for a couple nights, but I am not sure if they do that at my hospital.
Congratulations!! I can't wait to see pictures of your little Ava!
Sorry you are all alone, but try to rest and know you and DH are doing the right thing for your family by being apart for a short while. I am not sure what we would do without our family, but I guess we would manage. Hope you get to go home sometime today. Blessings!
Alright I was just about to page you to see how things are today (saw you reply on an above post...). So glad you get to go home & be with family now
Happy Homecoming Ava & Mommy!
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