Wow we have 3 kids

Friday, May 18, 2007

Its sinking in. There are 3 kids in this house, and they are all ours. Andrew & Elaina are coping well with the new addition. Andrew in particular is fascinated by Liam and wants to hold him and hug him and kiss him, which is great. He also shows no real jealousy (so far anyway) and understands that the baby needs a lot of care.
Elaina also loves Liam and hugs him and talks to him and likes to look at him. She of course being younger doesnt do as well with mommy being busy with the baby. Not that she is really having issues but she needs a little extra loving these days.
John goes back to work on Monday, which is fairly horrifying. I have no idea how I am going to do this, particularly since I am recovering from a cesarean. Ugh. I am feeling a lot better today than in previous days but its still no picnic. It doesnt help that my incision is 3 inches longer than my previous ones, giving me an all new and bigger surface area to hurt. I am still also trying to process the loss of my planned homebirth, which is really very upsetting to me but it will be for the rest of my life and is something I have to learn to live with.
Yes we planned a homebirth and no we are not crazy. its very safe. Unfortunately I went over 42 weeks and the midwife has to transfer care to an OB at that point. I had been in early labor for days but even though I was contracting I wasnt really having any progress because the baby wasnt descending....later on of course we realized it was because he was so big. Of course we knew at 42w + that he would be big but you just never know how big is big till they are out.
But here he is, beautiful and healthy and whole. It is nice to know my family - to know who my kids are, what the family makeup is, etc...and now of course I can buy all sorts of personalized items and not wonder 'well what if we have another kid' ...LOL