Lane
We have been blessed with such an
EASY baby. (I am afraid saying that will jinx myself.) He never had days
and nights mixed up, he has never had a problem latching or nursing,
and I would say he sleeps really well for a newborn. I am just going to
say that the easy baby part is to compensate for the horrible hospital
experience.
So far we have just been taking Lane's lead with
sleeping and it has worked out really well. Around 7 weeks, he started
to clearly tell us he needed an actual bedtime that was around 8:30. In
the last two weeks we have been doing that and even the last couple of
days he is moving closer to a 7:30 bedtime. Since he has been going to
be earlier, he more consistently has a longer first stretch of sleep,
then one wake up and then up again 3-4 hours later- at around 5:30 or 6
am. Usually I have just been getting up for the day at that point since I
prefer to be up earlier and Lane is happiest that time of day. Naps are
starting to get more defined (yay!).
Me
I have had a really
good c-section recovery. I was never really too sore, other than my
incision. I was able to stop taking pain killers about a week after
surgery. The only hiccup was around 4 and 5 weeks when a portion of the
incision popped open (just the skin) and was bleeding a little bit each
day. A little bacitracin and gauze each day, and it was healed a week
later.
Nursing has gone so well. I don't know if I have just read
so many horror stories, but I was really prepared to have to fight with
breastfeeding. Then when we couldn't do skin to skin right away,
couldn't try latching ASAP, and Lane was started on a bottle and then
pacifier before breast... well I thought we were doomed. Not so. Every
time he has latched right away and he hasn't had a problem. My milk
luckily came in, thanks to the pump, and so far my supply has been able
to keep up with him. I was worried for a few days this week because he
was yelling and pulling on me, but I think it was just a growth spurt
since he had a good amount of pee diapers still. I am SO GRATEFUL that
this is working out.
I've started running again and thankfully it
is coming back a LOT quicker than I expected. I haven't run since I
think September. My first run out I was able to do a full mile (and
honestly probably could have gone more, but I held back). My second run
was 2 miles and I still felt good. YAY! I was dreading doing Couch 2 5k
again since it is such a long program.
Lastly... I am back on the
Weight Watchers train. Last winter/spring I had lost over 20 lbs on
Weight Watchers before I got pregnant. Pregnancy weight was.. rough. I
was pretty good until 3rd tri- I got so swollen and gained a ton of
weight. I stopped weighing myself, but I believe I gained around 60 lbs.
Yikes. By my two week postpartum appointment, I had lost about 15
pounds, and at 6 weeks postpartum I had lost 25 total. SO... I have
around 35 pounds to get to my pre-pregnancy weight, plus another 15 or
20 on top of that. So far so good- I have lost about 3 or 4 pounds in
the last 3 weeks.
Life
We are all still adjusting to our new life. Lucy is
always beside her baby, Jaq is pretty indifferent and will sniff Lane
and lay on me while I nurse, but doesn't lay with him on purpose.
John
is still working in the house 7 days a week so at some point maybe we
will feel more like an actual family of 3! Ha! I do look forward to the
next baby when I won't feel guilty handing it off to John on weekends or
after work.
The house is coming along- this winter has been a
lot of interior wiring and plumbing that doesn't look like much but
takes a long time. We should be able to get the rough in inspections
soon though! Oh and our new hvac will go in soon too! Then... Drywall
and insulation- that's when it will actually start to look like a
finished house!
However; in general, I have not felt as much in the "right place" as I do
now, since I moved to Virginia and transferred to Virginia Tech. I am
just.. content and happy and loving where we are right now..
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