So, I am back and ready to fill everyone in on life with a baby. As many of you know on October 3, 2012 I gave birth to the most amazing little girl in the whole wide world (I may be just a little bias), Amelia Isabel Walker. She weighed in at 6 pounds 11 ounces and 19.5 inches long.
Labor and delivery went well. I was induced and it took a little longer than expected but the process was mostly painless (after the epidural)! We only had one small hiccup... After Amelia was brought to the nursery it was my turn to get up and move around. This is where the problem came in, I told my nurse I was not feeling well, I was nauseous. Shortly after I knew I was about to pass out! Sure enough the nurse called for Randy and the caught me on my way down. I had to have a little oxygen but other than that I was good. The nurse told me I had lost a lot of blood and that is probably why I passed out. Other than that I can't complain about my birthing experience! I would do it again with out a doubt.
At about 2 weeks I joined a mommy and me group sponsored by Children's Hospital called "Snuggles and Struggles" I highly recommend any new mommy join this group and its FREE! It is fantastic to be able to sit around and talk I other mommies that are in the same place you are. Plus you get to meet great people!
Amelia has been doing really well. We started out believing she had colic but, I am pretty sure it's just that she has been nosey since birth and fights her sleep.. It just took me a long time to realize it. Amelia has grown so much she is now 13 pounds and has lots of personality now with much less crying. I am breastfeeding and that is going GREAT! I do go back to work tomorrow and will have to start pumping so I hope I can continue to breast feed. My goal is to keep going till 6 months but if I can make it longer I may just keep going!
I can't say that everything has been easy because being a mom IS hard! It is easy to look at Amelia and say " I waited a really long time for you and am madly in love." Which make everything worth it. We still have some issues to work on like not nursing her to sleep, her sleeping in her crib, and self soothing. She will not take a pacifier at all but just started to suck her thumb.
I have had lots of anxiety about going back to work tomorrow! I will keep everyone posted on how that goes!
I will leave you with some pictures!
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