Well... this is no longer a pregnancy blog as I have not been prego for a little over two weeks now! HURRAY!! Or so I thought...
I don't know why I thought things would change once I had this baby, as though I would get some new found sense of freedom. It's actually quite the opposite, while I thought pregnancy had this great hold over my life, it's not the case. Now, I have a baby. So now it's just me and her for the rest of my life. Don't get me wrong, I love her to pieces but the strain on my sanity is getting to be too much to handle. I don't think the best way to begin motherhood is to feel like you're being strangled... yikes.
On another note, pumping is the best. While I do feel like a dairy cow, it was the best relief I could ask for in the first week after delivery. When you're so swollen and aching and you can't sleep... pumping is the answer for sure! I would recommend it to anyone! Even if you don't want to pump after that, it's worth doing in the first week. Plus, you can store up all that milk for a good 3 months and have it on hand for whenever.. if you ever do get to leave the house alone again. *Sigh*
So far, motherhood has held a lot of joy for me but tonight I'm feeling the blues. I guess I just thought somehow this would be different, but I suppose I should be thankful that I have a perfectly healthy baby who does let me sleep from time to time. Count your blessings, for they may be few and far between.
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