Recovery Update

So I got on the scale today it read 183.8 and my final pregnancy weight was 204? I really cant believe how the weight has just melted off! Ive been wearing this postpartum support belly band thing, i guess its helped? Ive also eaten at home instead of eating out. I started the pregnancy at 180lbs. I would like to lose a little extra because my doc said that my gestational hypertension was like a precursor to what i will probably deal with at an older age, like my father and my mother's mother. Looking back to when Derek and I got married, our 3yr anniversary is this weekend, I weighed 145 and would like to be somewhere around that number!! Back to my recovery.....I think at some point my stitches disolved because this week is a whole different type of pain, plus i still have the oh glory's.....so I feel like i cant ever sit on my bottom and have to stand up straight very slowly. I always sit on pillows and ice packs, or lay on the couch which is really hard to get up from with Dreycin. I love my pottery barn rocking chair for nursing but right now I cant wait to get up from it because id rather be lying down! For some reason I didnt think it would be like this, and I doubt I will start working out next week like my Dr suggested. Maybe walking but not the elliptical that i have here at home.


My little piggy is doing well we have had 2 rought nights, last night was rough because Derek had to go to work at 5am and I didnt want Dreycin to wake him up by crying so we hung out in the living room to take a nap.....because afterall Im feeding every 2.5-3hrs, burp, change, and put to sleep = 1.5hr for me to sleep?! Well the living room was a bad idea I guess because Dreycin would not go to sleep, he was wide awake. I guess that goes along with trying to figure out a schedule. We made up by feeding at 5am, and sleeping from 6-10am, which was very NICE!!! Dreycin is like my alarm clock now, he wakes me up with his little pre-feeding noises and if we go a little longer during the night my pediatrician said that was fine! They also gave me little tips like dont swaddle during the day, and be sure to wake him up for his feedings every 3hrs at least. As i write this he is taking a nap on my mom's chest and It makes me so happy that she is here to share this wonderful little miracle with us and im very grateful that she sacrificed so much to come so far away from home!