I still have high blood pressure (from the anemia) but the iron pills are helping. I also have a low grade fever, normal for having major surgery. That could partly explain my chills I get too. I ran out of Percocet, but they prescribed me more. Since I had my staples removed, I haven't been in any pain. I went 12 hours without a pain pill. Hurray! I took one just to be safe not too long ago though.
I was reminded again not to lift anything other than the baby, not to do stairs (haha I live on the third floor!) not to insert anything into the vagina, no baths, no sex, blah blah blah for 4 more weeks at least.
I'm at a dangerous part in recovery now that I no longer have the staples and am in less pain, I am going to start thinking I am better now (I know I will) and may try to take on too much. But I have to keep being basically useless for 4 more weeks. All I can do is hold/change the baby and pump, with the occasional light cooking. I'm not allowed to put anything in the oven, just stove top. Sigh.
Pumping is going great- seems like my boobies have gotten the memo and have stepped up production. I got 4 ounces from one, and was still going strong. Then The Dragon decided he was hungry. Not wanting to stop pumping (it's a pain in the ass to start and stop) I gave him the freshly expressed milk and he drank it all. Every last drop. I got 4 ounces from the other and an additional 2 from the first, so it was okay. I'm happy I can keep up now, we haven't had to give him any supplemental formula today.
I weighed myself for the first time since I came home. When I came home, I was 260 lbs, which was MORE than what I weighed when I went in to the hospital. I weighed 257 then. I was retaining a lot of fluids, so I tried not to think about it. I checked again today, and I am pleased to report the swelling is going down and all the extra water is moving the fluids out! I weigh 245!
New mom paranoia is setting in. I noticed Drake's normal eye was matted shut with eye boogers and I cleaned them away. Then it happened again, and again. I was starting to think maybe he had an infection? We did go to the pediatrician's office and there were a lot of sick kids there. Maybe he picked up pink eye? Or maybe the dog licked his face and he got something in his eye? I asked my mom, and she said it was normal- babies ooze all sorts of fluids from every orifice. Since then, I have noticed his eye only gets boogers in it if he is sleeping, when he is awake, it's clear. His 'dragon eye' never seems to get any boogers. I wonder if his normal eye is over productive? or maybe his other eye is under productive? I see the eye doctor on the 24th. I'll try to keep my panicking to a minimum until then.
I'm all hormonal too. On the referral to the eye dr, under "reason" they had put "evaluation and treatment of abnormally shaped pupil" and I started crying uncontrollably. I look at his sweet face and he looks up at me, both eyes wide, and I see his dragon eye and recall "abnormally shaped pupil" and start crying and apologizing to him. Let's get one thing straight: it's not anyone's fault his eye is like that and yes, it is abnormal. At least they didn't put "freakishly deformed" He can see with it and that's all that matters. I cry over everything. Stupid hormones.
I'm off to bed, I have a loooong day
C-sections, in general, have a higher rate of PPD (not saying your hormone-induced emotions are a result of PPD)I'm just saying in general.
ReplyDeleteFor me, after 40 hours of laboring at home ( I was planning on having the baby at home with a midwife)I ended up with a c-section. I did go through bad PPD. I was so emotional.
Some of the things I felt worked best, even just to help with the out of whack hormones. Getting out into the sunshine helped a lot! I sat outside with my son every single day and when I was able I took him for walks. When I was feeling my worst I was talking to everyone that would listen to me. Which was pretty much my husband and my mom. I didn't keep anything to myself. My midwife also had me on a vitamin regimen. Which helped my hormones balance out perfectly. If you're interested I can give you the list of vitamins to take. It's only 5 different ones.
And your son is perfect, even with his dragon eye!
About your little man's eye - Ethan has a blocked tear duct and he is goopy a lot. We put warm compresses on it and massage the little nub you feel in the corner. I thought it was an infection too but it's not. It will open up eventually but can take a year.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya about the hormones - dear god! It's normal and it's okay to cry - that's what I told myself. It got me through to the next breakdown! lol
Sounds like you are doing great and enjoying your cutie pie! I really like the books, but if you want a quick rundown of what they are, let me know and I can outline it to you. I know I did in the blog, but there's a bit more to it. Nothing crazy or hard - makes a heck of a lot of sense really, and you can start right away. We waiting a while and it still worked out - but would have got us and him a lot more sleep if we started sooner!
I'm nearly certain that if I had a dragoneye, then I'd have been a better hit with the ladies!
ReplyDeleteI HATED feeling "better" but not actually BEING better. Takes your insides a long time to get back to normal. Recovering from Ovarian surgery I overdid things and REALLY hated myself the next day for it. ( I also picked at my "glue" - which BURNED like a mothertrucker!)
ReplyDeleteAwesome that you're able to cut down on the formula! :) So glad your body is doing what it's supposed to do. :)