1 post tagged “my new baby”
After a grueling 19 hours of labour, our baby arrived on September 17th at 6:34 am. We came home from the hospital the next day, and every day since then has been wrought with emotion as my hormones level out. We're both completely entranced by this small creature, and I can tell you honestly that I've never loved anything this much. However, it's been a very difficult few days - I have a lot of stitches that really hurt and keep me confined to one floor, breastfeeding is not really working yet and I'm using a breast pump every two hours around the clock, in addition to her feedings every three hours, and I cry my eyes out at least five times a day as I question my ability to properly mother such a perfect and angelic creature. I'm trying to remember to be gentle with myself, and to take advantage of the great support network I have around me. Dog has been amazing - he's an even more awesome dad than I anticipated, and he's taking great care of me too.
We named the baby Chiyo Ghislaine - Chiyo being Japanese for "eternal" and Ghislaine being Old French for "promise", and she was born at a very healthy 8 lbs 6 oz, or 3795 grams! So far, she looks a lot like Dog, and also exactly like me as a baby with darker eyes and hair.
Oh, she's waking up. Expect more updates soon!
