Things have been going a lot better than I could have anticipated. We had a few bumps in the road so far, but nothing major.
We were released from the hospital on Monday evening. Once we got home, I didn't feel so well. I felt shaky and feverish and just plain weird. And then it felt like there were two huge boulders on my chest. Once I felt that sensation, I realized that my milk was in and I was extremely engorged. It was hard for Bunny to latch on because my breasts were HUGE! But I kept feeding her, and eventually they went down. After that we had a little bit of difficulty with breastfeeding. Her latch was incorrect and it was PAINFUL! My poor girls were raw and I was feeling like I wanted to give up. Every time I fed her it would hurt so badly, and eventually I would cringe when I heard her hungry cry.
But I didn't give up. I looked up some information on line, and called to talk to a lactation consultant. She taught me how to suck train Bunny by using my thumb. I put my thumb, nail down, in her mouth and let her suck for awhile before putting her to the breast. For the first time since we had left the hospital, it didn't hurt to feed her! I was so happy! Ever since then it's been great. She's eating and pooping and peeing, which is awesome.
I never knew that all my life I'd been getting way more sleep than I needed to function. LOL! I can totally make it off of two hours. Who knew?!?!? I even cleaned up some today after being up with her all night. Yay me! I'm trying to stay off my feet, but it's hard when people are constantly coming over. I hate for my house to look messy when I have visitors.
I'm still trying to get used to my "new" body. The good news is that I'm already down 20 lbs, but I'm noticing stretch marks in places that I didn't see while I was pregnant. But she's totally worth it! The soreness isn't as bad as I had anticipated either. So all in all, things are going well.
I can't believe my belly used to be this big! Here's my 39 week picture again:
I'll try to update again soon. Bunny is really congested, so I've been watching her like a hawk.
