emolychan

went to Jackson's 2 week appointment and he gained FIFTEEN oz and is now 7 lbs 4 oz. weight gain was definitely significant - he jumped from 10th to 20th percentile now.. still small but hopefully at least his rate of growth continues to trend this way. i can tell his cheeks and legs have rounded out. i've been very religious about not letting him sleep over 3 hours because we want to make sure he gets all of his calories and grows a lot since he was a tinky winky at birth (borderline premie) at 2 weeks postpartum.. i'm currently getting about 4-5 hours of sleep a night since i wake up every 2 hours or so to feed him. naps are kinda variable but generally i'm only able to nap about 30-45 minutes >_>.. thankfully i'm the kind of person that operates fine on little sleep but still wish i could sleep more of course.. spoke too soon about muh boobs. my nipples weren't that sore the first week but i think he's eating more now so they're a bit sore nowad...

 damn! i can't believe it's already been a week since i gave birth! we went to Jackson's 1 week appointment yesterday, so far, so good. he gained about 3 oz, which is awesome because newborns usually lose weight within the first 2 weeks (b/c they don't have an umbilical cord constantly feeding them food anymore!) - good for me too, b/c it means my milk supply isn't an issue! i remember mya gained weight pretty well when she was born too. my recovery is much easier than last time. the doc had to cut me a little bit last time. no cutting required this time and the doc said i just had a very minor 4 mm tear that didn't require stitches, so at least my DOWN THERE area is feeling WAY better than the first time. i think i even feel about normal at this point.. last time i remember i would be super sore and stingy for the first few weeks every time i sat down and got back up. last time i remember i had trouble walking up stairs and walking was kind of cumbersome. guess...

oh man! i still can't believe i brought in another tiny human into the world. his entrance into the world was fast and furious. started getting contractions around 8:00 PM left the house at 9:50 PM got to the hospital at 10:00 PM delivered the baby at 10:46 PM he came at 38 weeks and 6 days exactly (i was expecting around 39 weeks, just like with mya). i had a checkup scheduled for that morning and i used the toilet before i left the house. when i had wiped, i noticed some blood on the tissue, which meant my mucus plug was coming out. it sounds grosser than it is but essentially it's tissue that plugs up your cervix to protect anything from going up to the baby and when it comes out it pretty much just looks like slightly bloody discharge. (let's normalize talking about  bodily functions, y'all!) it can start coming out as early as 2 weeks before delivery, but for me with mya, it literally came out one hour before i started having contractions, so i thought the baby was...

Mya is now officially a big sister!! =) her first meeting with Jackson:we came back with him overnight so she met him in the morning after she woke up. i woke her up as usual and askedif she wanted to see the baby. she shyly yes and followed me in the roomm but got really shy and held my hand and didn't want to leave my side at ALL. even though Jackson was so tiny, i was surprised she was scared to go closer. well, maybe it was hard to see because he was all the way in the MIDDLE of our bed and she didn't want to delve into the unknown. IDK! it was really hard to read her and i still don't quite know how to interpret what she felt. she looked both shy and scared - she is always shy with new people though but i thought maybe it would be slightly different with a tiny human. we asked if she wanted to go closer and it was a nope. she saw him throughout the day, she of course saw him 'cause we had to hold him and feed him. i don't think she was jealous but she would mos...