I also want to hold DD while I'm not in shock. Like, yesterday because of everything that happened I felt kinda like a zombie. I want to get to snuggle her for real.
Post by erinshelley21 on Mar 7, 2017 9:04:29 GMT -5
ladytiffany24, same here. I've just been a warm body 75% of the time for 2 weeks. Literally just here to answer the phones and questions. The rest of the time is spent on here or Pinterest.
Post by erinshelley21 on Mar 7, 2017 9:12:10 GMT -5
When I dropped more tax stuff off with my accountant yesterday her secretary and I were chatting. We do often and I really like her. She looked at me, dead serious, and said "you're bigger than you were with your son"
Well yeah, I'm 2 more weeks pregnant than I ever was with him.
@priss08, +1 to what @amc25 about dissociation postpartum, although mine last about 6 weeks. I ugly cried nonstop the first 2 weeks and had very serious thoughts about what steps I needed to take to "find DD a better home". At the time I thought "this must be normal, but why does no one talk about not loving their baby right away?". Of course, looking back I realize it's not normal (by that I mean it probably happens way more than people talk about, but it doesn't have to be that way). I'm hopeful that this time around H and I will be able to recognize if I'm going through that again so I will actually talk to someone! (I'm not saying you're feeling the way I did, b/c I actually had no desire to cuddle or do anything w/ DD the first 6 weeks or so; I only did things b/c "I got myself into this, I don't really have a choice anymore". Just sharing my story!). I'm really hopeful that I get to feel that immediate love everyone talks about when DD2 is born this time.
Post by erinshelley21 on Mar 7, 2017 10:59:32 GMT -5
I thiiiink I'm having contractions. When I told SIL I was having them Sunday and they went away when I noticed a pattern, she told me to quit noticing. Ooooookay.
This is me trying to not pay attention to the discomfort.
Post by ladytiffany24 on Mar 7, 2017 11:24:43 GMT -5
So are we all still thinking we'd like to have a private sub-board for us to post more personal details and lots of pictures? If so, what would we need to do to make that happen?! Now that more of us are having babies and will likely want to start posting more pics of said babes, I think we should get the ball rolling!
So are we all still thinking we'd like to have a private sub-board for us to post more personal details and lots of pictures? If so, what would we need to do to make that happen?! Now that more of us are having babies and will likely want to start posting more pics of said babes, I think we should get the ball rolling!
I think we'd need a volunteer or two to be the gatekeeper(s) and then contact the admin folks to set it up.
There are many perks to working at a small company. A maternity leave without working is not one of them. Thankfully, I can comp the time when I get back.
I'm at the hospital and induction is started. I was at 4cm when I came in, and was having contractions. Nothing regular or strong, but it was a good starting place. Already have the epidural and just chilling.
Then Comes Family, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising
program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.