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I get the email updates from Parents Connect and I just had to share with you what the intro to the email today said: Look at you! Ditching the yoga pants for jeans. Showering almost every day. And finally able to touch your boobs and wipe without wincing. Next thing you know you’ll be wearing makeup, cleaning the house and having sex three times a week (OK, twice a month. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves!) Keep Reading Feelin’ Good This post is long overdue. I’ve been thinking about it for awhile. Part of me felt embarrassed to write it because for some reason I thought I shouldn’t have felt the way I did. Part of me didn’t really know exactly how I felt. Now that I’m “normal” I can look back on Ryan’s first month and really see what I went through. It’s hard though, because it’s all a little blurry. I was depressed and that makes it hard to remember. Plus, I was Keep Reading Baby Blues…or something like that I’ve been thinking about this for awhile… I wrote a post on my Baby Brain and was told it’s called Momnesia… I love that term, it’s perfect! I seriously can’t remember anything anymore, including how to spell. Yesterday I went to get my bowl from the microwave and opened the pantry door instead. More than once I’ve tried to put cereal in the refrigerator and milk in the cupboard. I’ve decided this is what I used my brain Keep Reading Pre– and Post-Baby Brain Images I’m going to post some comparison pictures of what I’m trying to get back to.… This was taken on Valentine’s Day in 2009… 2.5 months before I got pregnant: And this was on St. Patty’s Day in March, 2009, at a friend’s wedding… a few weeks before I got pregnant: Okay… I was about 116 lb pre-pregnancy. As of 12 weeks post-cesarean, I am about 123… 7 pounds to Keep Reading Body After Baby: 12 weeks post-cesarean I always knew I was going to breastfeed Ryan, no research needed. “Breast is best,” right? Steve and I had no desire whatsoever to feed formula. (Let me put this here now: I have absolutely nothing against parents who use formula.. I don’t even bat an eye at it. Breastfeeding works for us, I realize it doesn’t work for everyone!) After Ryan was born and I came out of my drug-induced shakes and was allowed to hold him, I breastfed. The Keep Reading My take on EBF: exclusively breastfeeding |
      
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