One week later...

I can hardly believe Emersyn is a week old!  I keep reminding myself to just savor moments with her and to take naps and enjoy this time, but I must admit in the back of my mind is my to do list.  Paperwork to complete, thank you notes to write, a house on the market that we need to keep clean, photos to edit etc.  Everything just seems to take a lot longer to get done when you have a cute baby to cuddle with and love on:)

I'm recovering slowly but surely.  Honestly, it's gone a lot better than I thought it would.  That first umm, bowel movement, afterwards took an especially long time to arrive (thank you powerful epidural) and ended up requiring me to stop taking my Percocet and have some help from a laxative and apple juice.  Also there were some frantic wake up calls to Blake to take Emersyn while I rushed to the bathroom, but as I only had a second degree tear my stitches themselves were fine.

My milk came in on Monday and E is nursing like a champ.  I've been exceedingly thankful that it's going really well so far- we have no schedule, but she is gaining weight and has a great latch.  I've had some engorgement, but nothing too bad, and lanolin has helped out with any soreness.  Of course, I now am on a search for nursing shirts!  I have a few nursing bras and two nursing tanks, but I think I'll need to be investing in some more clothes with easy access.

As for the post baby body, I came home from the hospital 18 lbs down, and I think I lost another when I could finally poo, and maybe another from the night sweating, but of course I still have the lovely post baby belly.  I didn't really expect it to disappear haha, but it's still not really fun to look in the mirror.  I'm thinking about getting a Belly Bandit, but just hate to spend the money.

One week down, a lifetime to go.  So very, very blessed.