The end of July…amazing.  I can’t believe that we’ve gotten this far already.

Anya’s been doing really well.  She’s had a good week and her nursing is now 4-6 hours apart and she’s taking about 10 minutes per side.  So, she’s becoming much more efficient.  This week, she had her second-ever bottle.  Her first was the evening I went to a movie with ( Read more... )

It was Daddy’s birthday this week.  We had a few friends over for a little celebration on Friday.  Anya did great and was able to celebrate with everyone.  A friend who is pregnant was there and was full of questions.  She has the same ob as me, so I always ask how she’s doing with that.  It sounds like she’s doing really well (she’s due around New ( Read more... )

So, week 4 started with just a little more time with Grandma before we were on our own for a good long while.  We got into a nice flow this week, feeling good about how the feedings were going and making sure we all got enough sleep (well, as much as we could).

Anya had her 1 month doctor’s visit on Wednesday.  She gained more weight (now 8 lbs 15 ( Read more... )

I know...I'm so behind.  I'll try and get these up so we can be current (and I can start posting randomly again!).

So, week 3 started with a few days to ourselves, which we surprisingly did well with.  Poor Anya came down with some major baby acne, though.  She had such clear skin until this week.  She did well with her eating this week.  She's ( Read more... )

So, week two was still when my parents were around (and I covered some of that in week one).

My health was slowly getting better.  I ran out of drugs at the end of week two and called in to get some more, but my doctor was out of town.  So, the drugs couldn't get approved.  I ended up taking some Tylenol the first two days once or twice (after the ( Read more... )

I know, she's a month old now, but I am going to try to write as much as I remember about each week up to now...

I covered the first part of week 1 in my birth story.  On Thursday, we were able to take her home.  The first day was actually pretty good.  I set up my phone to tell me when to take my medication, and Anya and I were still working on ( Read more... )

 
( Birth Story, here... )

Sorry I've been off the radar the past 2 weeks.  I should probably be documenting this very special time, but I seem to be lost in the moment here.  Anya is fantastic and we're doing really great.  I wrote up my birth story and will post it when my husband has a chance to add what I missed.

But, since I've been gone, I thought I'd share some ( Read more... )

Anya is here!

I'll type up a full story when we get out of the hospital.

Anya Mae
Born June 20, 2011 at 8:52am
7 lbs 13 oz.  19 inches

Quick version of the story:
Got to the hospital at 4:00pm on June 19 after having contractions for 2 days.  They broke my water after telling me I was 2 cm dilated and I slowly worked my way up to 4-5 cm dilated after the ( Read more... )

Well, I'm still here...with a baby in my belly ( Read more... )