Thursday, June 21, 2007

Week one of being a Mom

Week one isn't quite over yet, but I wanted to get something started while I had the chance. My Grandparents are heading out for the Mother's Day weekend and with my 4 day old son here, things are going to be hectic.
Frustrations: [#1] I had an episiotomy done and man-oh-man does it hurt to move, walk, sit, lay, ... everything. It's making the first week a little difficult due to my fiance Christopher [the Father] having to take more time off of work then expected. I'm just now starting to feel better, but its still hard. [#2] I needed to call and make the baby's first doctors appointment and now they are telling me he's not covered for some stupid reasons, and I made sure when I got this health insurance [because I got it while I was pregnant] that he was covered with out paperwork for the first month. He was then going to be switched to his Father's health insurance. Yeah well, now I am sitting next to the phone waiting for them to call me and let me know... But nothing yet. [#3] I really wanted to breast feed him but unfortunately the first few days of it showed that I don't provide enough for him, so he spent almost 24 hours with out one messy diaper - which means he wasn't eating. *sigh* The nurse gave me hell saying I just wasn't feeding enough but gave me some formula to take home just in case. Half way thru the first night home, he still had no dirty diapers and was upset constantly because he was hungry. Gave up, got some formula, he drank it all, by his next feeding time he had a full diaper. I think this was the most frustrating one out of all three, because now once I am out and about, people are going to give me a hard time for giving up so fast. But the way I see it, is he was going to end up back in doctors care because he was going to be constipated and dehydrated and malnurished because I wasn't giving him enough, and hey, the formula has been working good for days.
The fun stuff!: [#1] Watching him sleep is one of the most rewarding feelings right now to me, he's so cute and healthy and happy that I just can't believe it sometimes. [#2] Seeing him learn things so fast, he's already understood the idea of the pacifyer being something he has to hold himself, already trying to lift himself up while on his tummy, and one little whimper at night will get a nights sleep with Mommy. [#3] Just the whole feeling of Motherhood is something you can't even describe, but is one of the most wonderful feelings in the world. [#4] So far -so good no post partum depression!!!! I believe the 9th month of the pregnancy was my most unhappiest, I'm like floating on air most of the time now! :)

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