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post #1 of 9
11/28/08 at 2:08am
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It's so bittersweet... you mamas who are holding very new babies, enjoy every moment : and you mamas who are still waiting to meet your little ones, enjoy these final days!

This is the only place I can say this and know mamas will understand me without thinking I am crazy . I pulled my placenta out of the freezer because I was going to encapsulate it (decided not to tonight though) and so I examined it tonight. The smell of birth is still there and so beautiful and intoxicating, and it took me right back... before I knew it I was crying (and DH was wondering if maybe I should encapsulate it after all ). I am so thrilled to have my baby boy in my arms but the birth was over so quickly and that makes me sad. I miss having him inside me and feeling him move. His placenta is now safely repackaged in the freezer, along with Bailee's (the baby we lost in January), to be planted under a tree when we buy our first home.

It goes by so quickly, mamas, so don't wish away these last days. Before you know it, you'll be holding a 10lb one month old who is no longer all curled up and wondering how the days passed without you noticing!
post #2 of 9
11/28/08 at 11:31am
Very well put...and so true.
It's so hard to see that aspect.

I remember when ds1 was 1 day old I cried because he was growing up so fast Rediculous but I cried again at 1 week. It was heartbreaking.

But hey, YOU enjoy your 1 month old because those days too are fleeting.

Who knew that being a mother to a healthy child could be so heartbreaking.
post #3 of 9
11/28/08 at 2:46pm
i must be getting close, because this post made me tear up. you are right though, i am trying (and mostly succeeding) to appreciate these last few days. im anxious to meet my little one, but i do love lying in bed in the morning feeling him or her wiggle and stretch and wake up.

and now im sobbing....

may i ask....why did you decide not to encapsulate your placenta?
post #4 of 9
11/28/08 at 3:29pm
I so agree! My baby is one month old tomorrow and it's so bittersweet...
post #5 of 9
11/28/08 at 4:54pm
Charlie is a month on Sunday...

Yeah, he's getting enormous. I thought I was done crying! Oh, it passes so fast!

Only 5 weeks left until I go back to school!
post #6 of 9
11/28/08 at 4:56pm
I really identify with your comment about it being over so quickly. Dd2 came 8 days early and I really wasn't ready for her to come until at least my due date. That she came early and so fast (1.5 hour labor) made it all be over so quickly. I was totally ready to still be pregnant right now even. I never once got antsy about still being pregnant. I miss it quite a bit--makes me look forward to #3
post #7 of 9
11/28/08 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by titania8 View Post
may i ask....why did you decide not to encapsulate your placenta?
Cause I couldn't bear to cut it up and dehydrate it, that's what made me cry!

(See what I mean about hormones?)
post #8 of 9
11/29/08 at 12:23am
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Originally Posted by Bella Catalina View Post
Cause I couldn't bear to cut it up and dehydrate it, that's what made me cry!

(See what I mean about hormones?)


im afraid of that too. guess i'll see how it goes, eh?
post #9 of 9
11/29/08 at 6:24am
Mama I totally get you!! Spencer will be 5 weeks Sunday!! He's already nearly 12 lbs (yeah for a huge oversupply) and starting to coo and smile! LADIES enjoy these early days, they go by SO quickly
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