10 Days Post-Partum

My recovery has been up and down. After 2 days I got sick of being in bed so I started coming out for meals and visits. Monday (the 4th day) I wasn't bleeding anymore and had some energy. The family was going to visit Great Grandma, and I felt pretty good so I didn't see why not. I felt okay on the visit and the rest of the day. Tuesday I took my son to piano lesson and my daughter to a friend's house (resting the rest of the day other than those two errands), and felt fine. Wednesday I still felt pretty good so we went out on a few more errands, grocery shopping. My mom then came into town so I was up most of the afternoon welcoming, etc.

Well I guess that sapped everything I had left, because Thursday I was sore, tired, and emotional and stayed in bed all day! We had family stop by but I didn't go out to visit.

So Friday I was very conservative. Saturday I was up about the house quite a bit, and Sunday went to 1 hour of church. Church made me really sore and bleeding started up again; I think it was the walking at a good pace through the halls, as opposed to the cautious way I pad throughout my house. And the rest of the day I felt very sore!

So that really made me re-think my plan to start walking for exercise this week. I am going to delay it a week and make sure I can handle basic stuff like errands and church first.

Anyhow, here's how my pregnancy weight stacked up.

Pre-Pregnancy 128
Maxed out at 155
After delivery 144
Today 139

...that is about the same as my other two pregnancies; 10-15 pounds to lose once its all said and done. My plan is to increase my raw foods and cooked vegetables, limiting my cooked starch. So, close to the Eat to Live diet, but more raw foods instead of all the beans.

Dieting for me is SO MUCH EASIER to do when I am not doing hard workouts. It's interesting how I put on weight when I got into running. Working out just gives me such an appetite that its hard not to eat everything in sight! And I really feel the difference when I am carbed up for a workout vs. insufficient fuel - and working out on insufficient fuel is NOT FUN AT ALL! I like to exercise to feel awesome, not to feel drained. So when I am focusing on cleansing it works out well to just walk and do yoga, keeping my appetite down. (Funny that the breastfeeding hasn't given me a huge appetite but then again I have been resting a lot too)

Anyhow, **Taylor** is doing great. Nights are going really well - for two nights I had to keep waking up and turning on a light (ok, my cell phone) to help him latch on but after that smooth sailing. I don't even wake up now! That is what I LOVE about co-sleeping. It's the bed news ever for new babies!!

Taylor is awake a few hours per day, and is getting more and more alert each day. He is a funny kid, very mellow. Just lookin around the room but not much eye contact yet - unlike my other kids. We are doing some EC which I don't plan to take seriously, but its fun and it saves diapers when I think to do it. So mostly at home he is naked and swaddled, peeing every 20 mins or so; and when we get him dressed I forget about EC. Whether or not he is diapered though, it is pretty obvious when he is pooping. He gets very uncomfortable and starts grunting and fussing!

My mom is here entertaining the other kids and it's working out well. I am very thankful for her help! I am also so thankful for my husband's Christmas gift to me, an iPad - so I can do my business in bed while I rest! I haven't had to take maternity leave and that will be quite a blessing for us.