I'm so anxious! I haven't slept the past 2 nights and I can't believe it's tomorrow! We get to the hospital at 7:30am est and the c section will start at 9:30am.
Post by cookswithwine9 on Nov 18, 2016 7:30:01 GMT -5
Hi! I was up and I tried to login a couple times but kept having something come up. So this newborn thing is tough! I mean I know everyone says that... And I thought I was prepared but I was very naive lol. I like dread the nights... During the day it's easier. He's being a very "good baby" too. It's just hard sleeping in 1-2 hour increments. My milk came in yesterday so his feeding pattern has changed a little. I just needed to vent. This is not for the faint of heart.
So so so many hugs cookswithwine9 It is SUPER hard. I agree, people don't really say quite how much but it is. The first week is really really hard, but I promise by the start of the second week you'll have a thing going - it will get a little less hard. It won't get easy, but it's like you start to adjust. The hormones are really really rough too, ride those out - it's ok to cry and feel up and down and up and down. That should start to ease up toward the end of one week. Mine didn't get much better until about 10-11days postpartum. (Of course if it doesn't start to get better please talk to your OB.)
Also, I felt really helpless at first because of the physical recovery. I couldn't just spring up or out of bed to tend to baby, I couldn't sit really, etc etc. once physically you're feeling better it will also improve in that way.
It WILL get easier I promise. And we're gonna have a nice large glass of wine one of these days to celebrate sleep.
Post by cookswithwine9 on Nov 18, 2016 8:15:36 GMT -5
waitwhat we are at home now. We went home yesterday so we were at the hospital a little over 48 hours. They gave me the option to stay but both he and I were doing well so we decided to leave. I think it was the right decision because I've been more comfortable at home so far.
kleigh thank you so much for your post. Made me tear up (obviously hormonal lol). I have thought that too about the physical recovery. Not only do I have a newborn to take care of, I also have to take care of myself recovering from surgery! We have survived 3 nights, I'm just trying to think this too shall pass.
Someone gave me advice before that really helped with my adjustment to motherhood in the early days.
Measure your progress week by week, not day by day. Pick a day of the week and compare it to the last. It's so easy to get wrapped up in a bad day or bad night, but if you look at the big picture you can see how much both you and babe have progressed.
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