10 days postpartum belly & other things

Not too bad...
:-)

I'm getting my body back faster than I thought I would. My skin is still somewhat loose where my belly was stretched so much, but I can worry about that later.

I don't have any new stretch marks. Yay!

Also, I'm feeling much better. Lochia has calmed to spotting and seems to be turning brown. My cramping has lessened quite a bit, and my perineum is finally feeling better. I'm on day two without Motrin. Yay!! I hate taking medication.

I really don't like that so many sources say you shouldn't bleed red after a couple of days. This simply is not true for everyone. With all of my kids, I bled and spotted red for more than a few days.

I know I recently said, "screw Heidi Murkoff," but in this case I am thankful for what she wrote in What to Expect When You're Expecting, because she said it can last from a couple if days to 19 days...she even mentions it in the "6 weeks" section. It alleviated my worry.

My nipples hurt less today than they have since my milk came in last Thursday. They cracked and my left one looked like it might bleed. :-( I cried while feeding her yesterday. I'm powering through though. I know it is temporary, so I can make it.

Kathryn is doing really well. She eats about every 2-4 hours, poops and pees after every feeding. She sleeps about 5 hours at night, which her doctor said to not let her do, but Tristan did and he was breast fed and did just fine. I'm not going to sweat it. She eats plenty during the day and she eats well at night when she does wake up.

I love her. She amazes me. Children are such an incredible blessing. I'm so thankful for mine. They teach me something new every day....about myself, about the world, about love and patience. Being a mom is awesome.

Oh, I managed to have a nap today!! First one since she arrived. It felt heavenly. Curling up with a baby is so comforting...

I'm going to try to have a nap every day so I'm not totally beat when Kevin gets home.

I feel like I miss him. We still give each other lots of affection, but I miss just being with him..I miss just listening to him with no distractions. I guess I just miss that sort of intimacy. Of course we'll have that time again. One day I'll actually let someone babysitter for us and we can go out....

One day.