We had our homebirth!
I went into labor last Saturday--I woke up with contractions 3 minutes apart. This after NO indications of my body doing anything to prepare for labor. Labor was 22 hours long, including 6 hours (omg!) of transition! I labored mostly in water, in the shower and the birth pool, and then pushed her out on the kitchen floor, in a dangling squat. She's 9 pounds, 20 inches, and I didn't tear at all!
Her name is Lucia Timourovna Sh***********, but we call her Lucy or Lucy Mae.
Look how cute she is! She's a fat little dumpling!
20 minutes old
After our first bath
With Mama
With Papa
Breastfeeding has been really challenging. We think she might be tongue tied, and then on top of that, I've had borderline mastitis for a few days. Luckily my mom is staying with us, and she's an IBCLC, so she's helping a lot.
We're so happy! I'm a mom! And I DID IT!
I went into labor last Saturday--I woke up with contractions 3 minutes apart. This after NO indications of my body doing anything to prepare for labor. Labor was 22 hours long, including 6 hours (omg!) of transition! I labored mostly in water, in the shower and the birth pool, and then pushed her out on the kitchen floor, in a dangling squat. She's 9 pounds, 20 inches, and I didn't tear at all!
Her name is Lucia Timourovna Sh***********, but we call her Lucy or Lucy Mae.
Look how cute she is! She's a fat little dumpling!
20 minutes old
After our first bath
With Mama
With Papa
Breastfeeding has been really challenging. We think she might be tongue tied, and then on top of that, I've had borderline mastitis for a few days. Luckily my mom is staying with us, and she's an IBCLC, so she's helping a lot.
We're so happy! I'm a mom! And I DID IT!
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. She's beautiful. Congrats!
Homebirths rock!!!
....we were having some issues w/ Noah too, very sore nipples...cracked & bleeding, ect. Not draining the breasts very well the first week. I called me Midwife & she suggested having him see a Chiropractor of all people ~never thought of that one myself. I figured tongue tied, ect......
