agent starling wrote:
> On Aug 16, 4:07 pm, whodunit <whodu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Mine just turned 5 weeks old this past Wednesday and I can't believe
>> how fast time is moving! :-) We feel the same way about the twins,
>> it's starting to get blurry remembering how things were before they
>> arrived, they just fit into our family so much now. I am so grateful
>> for this blessing I can't even describe it in words. :*)
>>
>> So glad to hear Aaron is doing so well! He's a big boy all right!
>> My Sammy is working hard to catch up with him, LOL! ;-) Our Sarah is
>> Miss Petite too, like Kai, it sounds like. We are also getting into
>> our groove, slowly but surely. Each day is a bit better than the one
>> before, thank goodness.
>>
>> I hear you on the pain factor after giving birth--there ARE lots of
>> things no one ever tells you, LOL! I had to learn how to pee all over
>> again after Maya's natural/breech birth because all the innards got
>> slightly rearranged--very strange after going the same way for almost
>> 40 years! ;-) This time around I didn't have to do that, but having
>> a c-section incision to deal with hasn't been a joy either--BUT
whenever
>> I look at the faces of my children I would do it all again in a
>> heartbeat. :*) :*) :*)
>>
>> Got any new pics of Aaron? These little ones change sooooo much in the
>> first few months! Mine are starting to 'chunk' up a bit, LOL. Good
>> thing, DH feels like they are starving to death since they are still
>> pretty small for their ages. ;-)
>>
>> Carolyne in TX
>>
>>
>>
>> jocelyn (IFerToo) wrote:
>>> Hi Everyone!
>>> Aaron had his 1 mo WBV on Monday and did great! (Well, he did nothing
>>> really, just laid there!) At birth he was 7lbs 8.4oz, 21.5 inches
>>> long, and has grown to 9lbs 7oz and 22.25 inches long in 4 weeks! DH
>>> and I are not big/tall people and it is tripping me out that he seems
>>> so huge (I mean, I top the height chart at possibly 5ft 1/2inch). He
>>> is 75th for height, and 50th for weight. Kai is more our size - she
>>> has always been 5th% for height and weight.
>>> The first 4 weeks went by so quickly - I feel like we have had him in
>>> our family *forever*. Of course there were some moments of
>>> frustration that time moved ever so slowly, but now we are getting
>>> into a groove.
>>> Something I have been wondering about is: When I heard stories about
>>> labor and delivery, the main emphasis is the pain of delivery. Why
>>> doesn't anyone talk about the pain of *recovery* from delivery or the
>>> pain of beginning to BF? Heck, I had the epidural, so the delivery
>>> was great! (I know some choose not to use any drugs - not discounting
>>> anyone's experience) The pain of recovery, now THAT was not fun at
>>> all. The swelling of the nether regions, the stitches (unfortunately,
>>> I had a 3rd degree tear), the buildup of extra blood that causes more
>>> swelling of face, hands, and legs/feet (lasted 1 week), etc. I was
>>> not that prepared for the after pain at all. I was rather surprised
>>> at the complexity of just going to the bathroom (rinse with this, put
>>> this cream, use the tucks pads, put the giant ice pack on the giant
>>> pad in the giant net undies. And then BF-ing. I won't get into it
>>> lest I sound like I am complaining too much (!), but that pain (which
>>> is now gone - lasted almost to 4 weeks exact) was piercing! Anyway -
>>> were any of these topics covered in the "Girlfriend's guide to ..."?
>>> LOL. Despite all of that, I am thoroughly enjoying being a Mommy x2.
>>> We feel so blessed to have the op****tunity to carry TWO sleeping kids
>>> from the car at night. Who would have thought?
>>> Jocelyn
>>> Kai 4.5yrs
>>> Aaron 4w3d
>>> http://ecclesiastes3seasons.blogspot.com/-
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> Oh Carolyne, (clearing throat) i haven't seen any new ones of your two
> either!!! :)
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> Clarice
<blushes>
Oops. My bad. ;-)
I'll get to work on that right now, LOL.
Only problem is, my three 2 gig camera disks are *totally* full!!
Gotta download them to my external hard drive and erase the disks so I
can take more pics, LOL! I'll post new pics asap!
Carolyne in TX
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