After the Hospital

A good chunck of the hospital visit is a blur to me now, about three months later....sorry. I remember getting the epidural, shaking from being very cold, sleeping then pushing...a lot. Ladies, you don't realize how much you actually have to push when you muscles hurt the following day.

Either way, I turned out to be more of a worrisome mother than I ever thought possible, so many things I said I wouldn't do; i.e. co-sleeping. I was, partially still am, worried about SIDS I thought co-sleeping was a horrible idea. However, when your baby cries sleeping next to her is a fantastic way to get them to finally go to sleep. And breastfeeding, much more of a time consuming task then what I expected. Not only did I have the pain of a brand new mother never nursed a baby before, but they eat every 2-3 hours!!!!!!! Two to three hours.........that is all I can really say, it kinda explains itself. But, I know that breast milk is better for her in the long run. At least the pain only lasted the first couple of weeks or so.

Then we had the fun of acid reflux = much crying at night, many sleepless nights the first couple of weeks. Her having acid reflux meant we had to incline her sleeping apparatus and hold her upright after each feeding for another 45 minutes. This I really didn't mind doing because it got the crying to stop for the most part.

The first week I really believe that having a baby tests your marriage, it tests how you communicate, how you cope with each other and how you each handle an extremely stressful situation. Those first couple of weeks Preston and I were fighting a lot more than we have, we were not used to it and were not used to each other as parents not just spouses. For the most part I believe we have come thought it knowing each other better, communicating a little more and definitely happier than we were. So, since you really don't care much about my talking, I will show you pictures of our fantastic and adorable little 3 month old Alana!!!!!!