Recovery has its ups and downs. The first week I dealt with terrible pain in my abdominal and tailbone. The following week was a debilitating back pain that expanded to my shoulder. The third week was indigestion and poor nutrition. This week I’m just physically and emotionally drained. I’m within to five pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight. […]

The La Leche League is a really wonderful group for supporting breastfeeding mothers. Peter and I attended a local meeting on a very cold night a couple of months before Owen was born. We were the only attendees there that night with three leaders. Needless to say, we got lots of helpful advises and encouragements. Everyone […]

Walking, something so effortless before has become so difficult. Having been a person who have always got up and done things, sitting around has been such a struggle physically and mentally. The doctors and nurses kept telling me to walk more to help with circulation and to get my digestive system on track. It was painful just […]

There’s milk on the sheets, on the floor, on my rob, and all over Owen’s blankets no matter how many fresh ones I change throughout the day. There is milk literally everywhere. This morning I woke up with half of Owen’s head soaked in milk. Owen was a bit fussy last night and demanded constant nursing […]

Owen continues to thrive yet his mom is falling into a total mess. I had stopped taking pain medication at the hospital. After coming home I noticed a shooting pain under the lower left side of my rib cage every time I took in a breath. It felt as if I had a broken rib. […]

I had an inkling before but it’s becoming even more clear now as a new parent that the pressure to grow your kid is real! Thankfully when they’re this little, the solution to majority of problems is always nursing. Your baby is crying and fussy? Nurse him Your baby won’t go to sleep? Nurse him […]

We took Owen to his first concert last night. Of course it had to be Bach at the National Cathedral (although the second half was Mendelssohn ‘s String Quartet No. 2).