No sleep (y’all warned me)
Well, I have been in the hospital for almost a full week – one day for labor, two for postnatal care, and another three days nesting and looking after Ro in the NICU. As Dave mentioned, we are still borrowing our mother/baby room from Seton, and I have been pretty much living between the two floors. It did not help that I was not able to walk for the first 4 days, but time is a pretty good healer and I am now up and around. So, lunch today will be my foray out of doors.
As for the title of this post, I am finding the round-the-clock pumping not as bad as I thought it would be, and I am wondering if that is due to my aforementioned limits to one small room (I have had some practice living out of hotel rooms for two weeks), and your body does seem to adapt to power napping when it is needed. I can see myself looking forward to a full night’s sleep though (many months from now 
).
One last thing – Dave and I just had our first 3-minute conversation about poop today, something we would not have even contemplated before. Also, more people have seen my naughty bits in the last week than in the last 37 years; modesty and parenthood do not mix! I will leave it up to you to decide which is better.
Posted on August 20th, 2008 in Parenting by Mindy | 4 Comments »
August 20th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Mindy – you look fantastic.
Modesty and shame are definitely a thing of the past…if you had told me 10 years ago that I would sing in public, I would have thought you crazy…but many a time I’m singing the beloved 70’s and 80’s rock songs that my babies love all through the grocery store to elicit a little smile (or a little quiet!). Side note…Sorry to all those who’ve witnessed it…and especially sorry to The Police for what I’ve done to their music! LOL! Can’t wait to see you guys this weekend. Take care. ~M PS..conversations about poop only lasts about 3 years; there is an end in sight!
August 27th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Hey there Mindy – this is an ole friend from K’ I just recently got in touch w/ Heidi and she encouraged me to write – Congratulations on your daughter…welcome to motherhood! I am so happy for you guys! Sorry about all the ‘crap’ at the hospital..all will be well and you can hit the road and move along with the parenting world. Heidi says you’d remember me – I hope you do – I have an 8 year old Mindy and she is a Leo – 8/4/00 – please feel free to send me an email when you can…Karen :0)
August 29th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
You look fantastic Mindy. Jenn says the modesty slowly recovers. (Enjoy it while you can, Dave!)
Congratulations!
August 29th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Jenn says that the modesty slowly recovers. (Enjoy it while you can, Dave!)
Congratulations!