1 Week Old!
Today, we celebrate Danielle's 1 week birthday! I can't believe that a whole week has gone by! She's already changed so much and so fast! We had our 1 week check up with our midwife today. Dani is up to 7 lbs 15.5 oz already! Gained an entire 1/2 pound in just one week! I love to see how my babies grow...knowing that my milk is what is making them grow is such an amazing thing to me!
I think that it's finally really starting to set in that Danielle is our last baby. I mean, I knew it, and am ok with it, but things just seem different now. More real I guess is the way to describe it. Before she was born, I could tell myself that "well she's not here yet, and so I have time to keep cherishing the pregnancy". Well, now my pregnancy is behind me, and I'm very saddened. As uncomfortable as I was towards the end, I already miss feeling her life inside of me! All of my pregnancies have been such a magical and precious journay in my life! And there's no better thing than experiencing the ultimate high of labor and birth, getting to meet your baby for the first time! And having a homebirth this round really puts a lot of new feelings into Jeff and I! We actually feel like we've sort of missed out with having the other 3 kids at the hospital. We enjoyed the homebirth so much that it's just beyond words! Completely awesome!!! And the time is just going by so fast with Danielle! I wish that I could just freeze time and keep her a newborn forever! This time around just seems so different. Different in a good way, but sad too. I wish that thinking with my head was easier than thinking with my heart. Does that make sense? Even though I know that we can't have any more kids (financially and because of Jeff's procedure), I still find myself wishing that it could come true. Is this common to feel this way? Or is it just hormones going crazy?
Speaking of hormones, I'm doing pretty well post partumly. There have been a few times when I've teared up for no aparent reason, but other than that, I'm feeling good and seem to be getting enough sleep. Danielle is getting into a very predictable pattern already as far as eating and sleeping goes, so that helps out quite a bit.
Well, I should probably get going. I hope that all of you are doing well. Take care and keep in touch! :-)
I think that it's finally really starting to set in that Danielle is our last baby. I mean, I knew it, and am ok with it, but things just seem different now. More real I guess is the way to describe it. Before she was born, I could tell myself that "well she's not here yet, and so I have time to keep cherishing the pregnancy". Well, now my pregnancy is behind me, and I'm very saddened. As uncomfortable as I was towards the end, I already miss feeling her life inside of me! All of my pregnancies have been such a magical and precious journay in my life! And there's no better thing than experiencing the ultimate high of labor and birth, getting to meet your baby for the first time! And having a homebirth this round really puts a lot of new feelings into Jeff and I! We actually feel like we've sort of missed out with having the other 3 kids at the hospital. We enjoyed the homebirth so much that it's just beyond words! Completely awesome!!! And the time is just going by so fast with Danielle! I wish that I could just freeze time and keep her a newborn forever! This time around just seems so different. Different in a good way, but sad too. I wish that thinking with my head was easier than thinking with my heart. Does that make sense? Even though I know that we can't have any more kids (financially and because of Jeff's procedure), I still find myself wishing that it could come true. Is this common to feel this way? Or is it just hormones going crazy?
Speaking of hormones, I'm doing pretty well post partumly. There have been a few times when I've teared up for no aparent reason, but other than that, I'm feeling good and seem to be getting enough sleep. Danielle is getting into a very predictable pattern already as far as eating and sleeping goes, so that helps out quite a bit.
Well, I should probably get going. I hope that all of you are doing well. Take care and keep in touch! :-)