I had my baby, a boy, yesterday afternoon. I don't have time to write out all the details just yet because we have a legal obligation to register his birth by Wednesday afternoon and that requires having a name. So that really only leaves us tonight and tomorrow night to sort it out, since doing anything with toddler DD around is pretty much impossible.
So for now, I'll just say that my baby boy was born at home in the water at 1:31pm yesterday at 38 weeks + 4 days. He's 3500 grams and 49 cm.
Oh, and I'm tandem nursing him and his sister. So far, so good. It's going vastly better than it did with DD. With her, I had virgin nipples and 7 weeks of excruciating pain, despite an at least decent latch. Now my nipples are like hockey pucks and he's doing great with them. Milk is already in just 24-30 hours later and I haven't had any nipple pain. I have nursed them simultaneously one time, and that was fine. I'm not feeling aversion to DD nursing, which I'm really pleased about. My only hesitation with her is that she isn't being terribly careful with my belly, so I always feel on guard.
I'll try to write it all out tomorrow. In this country, you get a home nurse for most of the day every day for about a week after giving birth. Mine is quite strict about me getting rest, and I suspect that she won't be happy if I try to bring my laptop up to bed. But I will try because I still haven't even told my friends yet that he was born.
So for now, I'll just say that my baby boy was born at home in the water at 1:31pm yesterday at 38 weeks + 4 days. He's 3500 grams and 49 cm.
Oh, and I'm tandem nursing him and his sister. So far, so good. It's going vastly better than it did with DD. With her, I had virgin nipples and 7 weeks of excruciating pain, despite an at least decent latch. Now my nipples are like hockey pucks and he's doing great with them. Milk is already in just 24-30 hours later and I haven't had any nipple pain. I have nursed them simultaneously one time, and that was fine. I'm not feeling aversion to DD nursing, which I'm really pleased about. My only hesitation with her is that she isn't being terribly careful with my belly, so I always feel on guard.
I'll try to write it all out tomorrow. In this country, you get a home nurse for most of the day every day for about a week after giving birth. Mine is quite strict about me getting rest, and I suspect that she won't be happy if I try to bring my laptop up to bed. But I will try because I still haven't even told my friends yet that he was born.
