Life post pregnancy

Happy Girl, 2 Months

Life is wonderful.

There is nothing better than being a mommy. This journey has been a rocky road but we are so very blessed to have the perfect baby girl. She is so strong and beyond her age in development. She has reached so many milestones early!

I still have 10 pounds to go to get to pre-pregnancy weight, but the doctor said that I will not likely lose any more until after I stop breastfeeding no matter what I do, because the body tends to hold on to 10-15 pounds for "storage" to take care of the baby's needs in case of famine. Isn't that interesting? Our bodies are so efficient! So for now I only fit into a few pair of my own pants but that's alright with me!

I have been exclusively breast feeding since day 1. In fact, we're having trouble getting Emma to take a bottle. I've been pumping a few ounces each day to try to get her to take a bottle, but she just doesn't want it! I would like to be able to go get a hair cut or something, date night, anything, and be able to leave her for just a little while and not worry about her getting hungry. Oh well, I guess I can wait until she's 6 months old, it's not that far off anyway (say wha!?!)

Let's see, other than that, I'm still having "lady" problems since her birth and my postpartum appointment didn't go so well so I have yet another one later in the week (yes, my baby is nearly 4 months old and I have not had a successful, "you can go back to a regular doctor now" p.p. appointment yet) but that, to me, is really not a big deal.... since I've had "lady problems" practically all of my life so that isn't really a surprise now, is it...

I'm still in a 34DD, and I've tried and tried squeezing into a 34D but it just doesn't work out, I get the 4-boob look going. I thought they were supposed to go back down after the milk regulated but so far mine. have. not. I have a friend who recently told me they never went back down for her and then got even BIGGER now that she's had #2!! YIKEROOZERS!

Oh yeah and another thing about postpartum, the hormone fluctuations are really weird. One day I feel pregnant again and one day I feel totally normal. I got really nervous the other day because I seriously felt like I was 8 weeks pregnant again. Then Danny and I laughed because wow that would be nearly impossible.

Also, the house is still not quite under control. But I don't care. I go 100% taking care of Emma, the house can stay at 50% for a while. I've just started getting back into a grocery routine. And at least I make dinner and lunch every day now :)

Now, for a fun picture of Emma.

Emma Talking to her Daddy, 3 months old

Emma standing in Daddy's hand, 3 months