Hi ladies!
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday. It's cold here but we have some snow on the ground so it's very pretty out.
Brighteyez - Congrats again on your BFP! That last test certainly looks good to me.
Krissy - Sooooo, what are you having??? A boy or a girl? How was your party?
LadySosa - Your bump is looking pretty cute. It's so fun to watch it grow - until the very end when you're like "just quit growing and come on out baby" At least that's how it got for me. That's awesome you're heading to Guatemala for Christmas. Sounds like you get along well with DH's family, which is always a bonus.
Amy - Did you get all your Christmas decorations up? I think we might start tomorrow. We usually do a real tree downstairs and then lights outside on the house. This year, I think I'll put our fake tree up in our upstairs room since my Mom is here. I am ready to start getting in the holiday spirit now that Thanksgiving is over and we are having some wintry weather here. Wow, your transfer is coming right up - just a little under 3 weeks!
Beagle - That's awesome that you got to spend Thanksgiving with your DH for the first time in a long time - especially since you have DC now! Yes, the swing is great - we take the seat part off and use it at dinner time so she can chill in there while we eat.
How is everyone else doing??
Thanks for all the congrats. It's weird to be on the other side now. I mean, it's obviously lovely to have her here and we are spoiling her as much as we can while she is so little. But it's weird to have to shift your head from being in TTC mode to being pregnant and then being a parent. Piper really is a sweetheart and I'm not sure what I ever did to deserve her. We took her in on Tuesday for her first checkup and she was down 6 ounces from birth (well within the limits) and slightly jaundice (which we knew leaving the hospital). We went back yesterday and she was back up to birthweight!
I knew my little girl would have my love of food! She has been nursing like a champ.
Someone mentioned that it sounded like labor wasn't too rough on me and I have to agree. Even though it took what felt like FOREVER, I feel like I have recovered pretty quickly. It's crazy how much better I feel even if I'm exhausted. It's nice to be able to wear some normal shirts, to turn over in bed without feeling like I need a crane to help and most of all, to put on my shoes without getting out of breath!
The one thing I wasn't prepared for at all was how swollen and bloated I would be after labor. I looked horrible! My face, hands and legs were so swollen and puffy - way worse than anytime during pregnancy. Some of it was all the IV fluids but the Dr. said that the pushing part of labor literally pushes all the fluid in your body to your extremities and it takes your kidneys awhile to process it all. I weighed myself when we got home from the hospital and I actually weighed two pounds more than the morning I went in for induction. It's all gone now, thankfully. I didn't care about the weight so much as just how puffy and swollen I looked and felt. I had no idea that could happen.