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A short, two minute compilation of the first week of our son’s life.

I don’t know how Stay At Home Mothers do it. It’s been 17 days, and I’m bored out of my mind already. Clive thinks I should take up a video game, but I think he’s under the impression that I have my hands free and get more than a five minute break every [...]

THE BUILDUP
I lost my mucous plug at about 6am on September 7th. By coincidence, I had a doctor’s appointment that morning at 10am, where the doctor decided that she’d do an internal exam just to see if I was at all dilated or effaced, which I wasn’t. She estimated that I still had ten [...]

Last night was EXTREMELY difficult. The little dude acted like he’d had 10 cups of coffee, and didn’t sleep at all between 9pm and 6am, and he wanted nothing more than the boob. It was mostly comfort nursing, which means that I was basically his soother. I don’t know how many more nights [...]

Family beds are the way to go! Last night we slept for nearly twelve hours (in 3-4 hour incriments) with only short breaks in between we learned how to properly breastfeed so that he stays full for longer. The first few days I’d get have to get up to nurse nearly every hour. It was [...]

Clive’s back to work today and my mom’s here until the weekend. It’s very nice to have help, even though I feel like continuing my regular work load. It’s weird to spend most of my time in bed. I really need to though- recovery’s been a bitch, and probably ranked harder than actual labour because [...]

Well, the entire new family is home! I’m recovering well, but slowly. Ash has been feeding like a champ, which means that I don’t get enough sleep, but it’s worth it.
My labour was 35 hours long, 22 of which I did without medication. I had a “walking epidural” which meant that I [...]

Although I went to my doctor’s appointment yesterday and she estimated that I wouldn’t be giving birth for another ten days, I have been having regular contractions for over NINE hours (since midnight). For about two hours this morning Clive and I kept track of them, and they lasted 35 seconds and came every three [...]

Not for everyone’s ears, I’ll warn you!
I lost my mucous plug this morning. By coincidence, we had a doctor’s appointment this morning, and they examined me. The doctor told me the baby hadn’t dropped (which I know, because I still have a hard time breathing) and I’m not at all dialated or effaced, so she [...]

A Baby Story makes me cry, without fail, when the fathers are emotional. That’s about the only part that’s guaranteed to make me bawl my eyes out. If Clive shows any kind of emotion when our baby is born, I’ll be done for (though, I imagine I’ll be crying anyway).
I feel really [...]