Dear Diary
I'm going to whine just a little bit here, but I am not actually looking for solutions/sympathy - I just want to vent. On my birth club message board, we call such ramblings "Dear Diary" posts. We have had two major challenges this week, one being that Maya's nighttime sleep has gone into the shitter - not that she was sleeping that well before - but for the past three nights, she's been up every hour between 10pm and 5am, and then napped in my lap (but only in my lap, and only if I remain very still) all morning to make up for it. The only good part about this is that all the extra nursing has been helping me resolve bad challenge #2, which is that I'm currently battling my 5th clogged milk duct in 10 days - quite the record for me! Clogged ducts are bad enough on their own, especially the ones that plug right at the nipple (oh lord, the stabbing pain!), but my coworker just had one turn into a raging case of mastitis and then an ABSCESS in the space of
so cute! you look so happy, I love it. RE birth stories-- I don't even HAVE narrow hips. Talk about injustice!! Also, I recommend intensive scar care, which I did not do. It's no fun to be surruptitiously (sp?) scratching at your pube area 2 years later... Try silicone strips, vit. E, whatever, and make sure not to strain the incision. My scar is finally non-itchy but some of it is stlll a bit raised/red. oof!!
ReplyDeleteIn other news, I am going through P's baby stuff and can send you baby girl clothes if interested. what's your address?
Yeah, scar care is something I never thought about until after the delivery when the incision was sooo sensitive - I've been using these (http://www.cpanty.com/what-is-cpanty), which have a silicone strip built in, but I can't tell if they're helping? Might have to up my game....
ReplyDeleteI'll email you my address - and THANK YOU!! :)