So you know what else sucks? You know, besides the twice daily gut funk cleaning & peroxiding? Take out veggie calzones that make you ill. As in I L L. As in my night was comprised of horrible wound pain/sensitivity and explosive you know what. Week two of Motherhood has been oh so much bringing of the pain.
And what slays me is that I have these fleeting 2am moments where I have wafts of brilliant blog posts flit through my mind. I am bursting with new and amazing emotions of love and bliss and satisfaction and I want to chronicle it all. I want to open up my heart and put it out there.
And then my tummy rumbles and the creativity gets flushed away.
Aren’t you glad I am an over-sharer? heh. Probably not.
Yesterday WW had a visit from Miss D- the woman that provided us with nearly 2 years of thursday afternoon respite care. We have missed Miss D so so much and seeing her on our doorstep again was amazing. She was so supportive and loving through the unpregnancy and so uplifting and nurtuing through the chaos and anxiety of the FET. We all got a bit weepy to see my boy in her arms.
And on a side note- I have post up over here about stretch marks and 23andMe.
On another side note- BG T is still not home.
And yet another side note- I had NO idea that gut busting was so common around these parts. Any other, “don’t be alarmed if….” things you guys are holding out on sharing??
Oh and your moment of awwww: WW snoozing on his GM
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I was thinking as I was reading your post about how blessed you are to have your mom home with you during this difficult time. I know it sucked for her to lose her job, but it would be so difficult with all the GM stuff and now this difficult 2nd week of motherhood. God does work in mysterious ways!
I am sure you have thought of all this . . . but I am slow
That’s funny cause i was thinking the same thing! I am so sorry that you are having to deal with so much bodily trauma, but i am elated to hear that you are able to enjoy WW and to find peace with him in your arms, even if for mere seconds at a time before the next attack of pain. I love you so much and long to be there to give him little squeezes and help you out. and that photo is stunning of him on your mom. the light is just gorgeous. i just wanna eat him up!!!! big kisses!
Um, I can’t think of anything else that no one has told you not to be alarmed about. I would just say not to be alarmed by anything, unless it seems ridiculous, since all this baby stuff is pretty weird anyway.
Awwwwwwww.
VERY aaaawww.
I had a dream last night that you found BG. She got stuck somewhere but you found her and she was all dirty and ruffled, but fine. Here’s to hoping. In the absence of that, I hope she’s just at someone else’s house. I don’t want you to not have her, but I want her healthy too.
I’m with you on the gut busting! I had that happen too, which was vastly unpleasant. Love the photo of WW, and wishing that BG was home with you all right freaking now.
You just can’t get a break, can you? Hope everything gets better soon so you can fully enjoy your son!
Maybe you should get some of that new age funky software that types when you talk. That way, when you get your bursts of bloggy goodness at 2am, you could just talk and nurse WW at the same time and then your super cool software could create a blog post for you!
Or, you could just keep doing the awesome, amazing job you are already doing….by sharing all of the real, sometimes gross, but totally true stories of the first few weeks of motherhood!
Whatever you do, please, please…..keep the pics of that gorgeous boy comin’! He’s simply breathtaking.
Oh, that photo is just all kinds of adorable! Hope the pain from the gut-busting, and explosive unpleasantness from the bad calzone are both gone soon. And still praying BG T finds her way home.
My opinion on stretch marks is that you are going to get them or not. There is nothing that you can do to stop them. With Chicken I had HORRIBLE LIVID PURPLE
Shit. I hit enter accidentally. Back to where I was:
Stretch marks. Terrible. To my belly button. And just as bad with the first baby I gave up for adoption. I fully expected them with Egg and got NOT FUCKING ONE. Body-you are one crazy bitch!
Sorry about the sick from the Calzone. That sucks. Hope you feel better soon.
He’s so precious.
Don’t be alarmed if most of your hair falls out. It will.
My hair has decided to grow an entirely new hairline. It just doesn’t get less weird as time goes on. You trade your old body for an alien body. At least you get a cute baby out of the deal.
On the stretch marks… this site makes me feel decent about my ‘tiger stripes’
http://theshapeofamother.com/
Oh Cali, you poor thing. I wish I was there to give you a hand.
The gut-busting is indeed freaky but it helps SO. FREAKING. MUCH. to have a mother around to help with the treatment (mine quickly learned to mix meds and run an IV 2x per day).
Note: don’t wear black underwears. Makes a mess in the sticky tape parts…