Nine Days Oldthis is a re-post - last night's was lost in cybespace.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Notice
plz dont use yahoo account anymore. it's f'd
use @mac acct that is being disseminated privately, spearheaded by the ever-organized and completely wonderful Mrs. Spit.
Thank you in advance Mrs. Spit!
And, please don't email me until another memo goes out. I am currently inundated and we all will catch up.
Fingers crossed for all you.
use @mac acct that is being disseminated privately, spearheaded by the ever-organized and completely wonderful Mrs. Spit.
Thank you in advance Mrs. Spit!
And, please don't email me until another memo goes out. I am currently inundated and we all will catch up.
Fingers crossed for all you.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sisters
Wherever you are now Serenity, thank you, darling, for watching over and protecting your little sister, Beatriz.
xoxo
mama
xoxo
mama
Monday, March 22, 2010
Best $50 ever spent
We had an ER call to a lactation consultant Sunday. She came today at 9 am. Everything is now calm here.
When mama is happy, everyone is happy.
Take a class, read a book, but you really need that baby and that lady willing to grab your boob and shove your baby's head into it to understand how this whole thing works.
It takes a village... now we just have to pay for it in our society. Me, product of the advanced 70s, never breastfed, so my mom wouldn't be able to help.... how did we get here as a society?
When mama is happy, everyone is happy.
Take a class, read a book, but you really need that baby and that lady willing to grab your boob and shove your baby's head into it to understand how this whole thing works.
It takes a village... now we just have to pay for it in our society. Me, product of the advanced 70s, never breastfed, so my mom wouldn't be able to help.... how did we get here as a society?
Beatriz esta aqui!
I am so happy and relieved to tell you that Serenity's little sister is here safe and sound. A little jaundiced, so the doc had us supplementing with formula, which was really stressful and making me a crazy postpartum mom.
we were having difficulty with latching on, but apparently that was because I didn't get little Bea's memo that she was not planning on breastfeeding until March 22, as she finally did it at 12 this morning. I have not slept a wink since then (or much before that) but everything feels ok now that we got that working. I felt like everything was coming down around me before then and that she was going to die because we were screwing up the feeding and she was jaundiced and spiraling so forth and so on.
So, now I am much relieved and I hope today will go easier. I finally figured out that Triple S and I need to ask for help, so I have sent out a local request. Duh, it sounds so easy and everyone tells you to ask for anything they can do , but we are self-reliant, perhaps to a fault, and I really have never had to ask for help before. Hope it helps.
So anyway, with the BF hopefully continuing to go ok and some help on the way - I should be able to freakin get a picture up.
And I want to clearly say 'thank you' to all of you here in the internets for helping get my darling, precious daughter here alive, kicking, crying, and warm. "She's warm" was the first thing I said when they laid her on my chest at birth. I could not have done it without knowing you all, having our community of support, and knowing you were there.
Much love,
Anita
we were having difficulty with latching on, but apparently that was because I didn't get little Bea's memo that she was not planning on breastfeeding until March 22, as she finally did it at 12 this morning. I have not slept a wink since then (or much before that) but everything feels ok now that we got that working. I felt like everything was coming down around me before then and that she was going to die because we were screwing up the feeding and she was jaundiced and spiraling so forth and so on.
So, now I am much relieved and I hope today will go easier. I finally figured out that Triple S and I need to ask for help, so I have sent out a local request. Duh, it sounds so easy and everyone tells you to ask for anything they can do , but we are self-reliant, perhaps to a fault, and I really have never had to ask for help before. Hope it helps.
So anyway, with the BF hopefully continuing to go ok and some help on the way - I should be able to freakin get a picture up.
And I want to clearly say 'thank you' to all of you here in the internets for helping get my darling, precious daughter here alive, kicking, crying, and warm. "She's warm" was the first thing I said when they laid her on my chest at birth. I could not have done it without knowing you all, having our community of support, and knowing you were there.
Much love,
Anita
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Getting...
Got amnio...
Got acupuncture.
Getting chiro today.
Getting a haircut (where does all this hair come from?).
Getting amnio results - still a bit immature, so
Waiting for two more results.
Getting rescheduled to Thursday am.
NOT getting our crib yet - it is stuck in Chile. I suppose shipping in food and water might be a bit more important. Got two dressers. And they are some how full already, even though all these baby clothes are rather small.
Still got freelance work to do. Why now? Why not in, oh, say, January?
My patience is just fine.
Just waiting. And telling lil' B which way the exit is.
And we can't wait to meet her.
Got acupuncture.
Getting chiro today.
Getting a haircut (where does all this hair come from?).
Getting amnio results - still a bit immature, so
Waiting for two more results.
Getting rescheduled to Thursday am.
NOT getting our crib yet - it is stuck in Chile. I suppose shipping in food and water might be a bit more important. Got two dressers. And they are some how full already, even though all these baby clothes are rather small.
Still got freelance work to do. Why now? Why not in, oh, say, January?
My patience is just fine.
Just waiting. And telling lil' B which way the exit is.
And we can't wait to meet her.
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