Time since birth: 8 weeks
Weight loss this week: 200g (.44lbs)
Total Weight loss: 11.6kg (25.57lbs)
Grabbing a little pink jumpsuit, i checked the tag. i was checking the sizes of all Hannah's clothes as she grew out of 0000 and into 000. Low fire danger 000. Low fire danger? What, as opposed to all of those spontaneous combustion baby jump suits? Seriously, why do all baby clothes say that on the tag? Are the babies all going to use their pink jumpsuits as protection to go fight fires? Is it like those aussie bushfire danger signs (they let you know what the probability is for a bush fire, low, all the way to extreme), telling me there probably won't be a fire today?
We learned about settling techniques at mothers group on Tuesday. I have been doing it wrong the whole time. You are not supposed to rock and pat them all the way to sleep on you, then put them down as they will immediately wake up, no longer in the warmth and comfort of your arms. That is why Hannah has had all of her naps on mommy and daddy. Instead, you are supposed to put them in their cots when they get sleepy and then rock and pat them while they are in the cot. We've been doing the new way since Tuesday and Hannah likes sleeping on me much better then in her cot. It's been working for the most part, but her naps are not as long (she used to sleep 2-3 hours on me, and now she sleeps for 1 hour in the cot. Except at night, she has always been a good sleeper at night). It does take up to an hour and a half to get her to sleep sometimes.
Another $400 was spent on my boob. I had a fine needle biopsy which was much better then the core biopsy i had last year. For a core biopsy, they give you some anesthetic, then make an incision (in my case, i could still fell it so more anesthetic had to be given through the incision which was really really painful). A thing that looks identical to a piercing gun is then used to take the sample. The doctor pulls the trigger, and bang, a very loud noise scares the life out of you. The poor boob is then bruised for a couple of days, and your all done. This time, a very thin needle was inserted, jiggled around, repeated, then all is done. When they inserted the needle, they said "yep, that's milk." So, pretty much nothing to worry about, it's just a fibrous benign lump that is now filled with milk (and gave me stretch marks). Of course I have to go to the boob specialist and pay $200 to get the official results next week.
Sometimes I'm up at 4 or 5am to feed Hannah. I could hear this strange noise coming from outside. On closer listening (it wasn't that close to here), i realised it was a rooster. now correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't roosters supposed to shout (what is the word for the noise a rooster makes??) at dawn? It certainly isn't dawn that early. Last night, i was up at 2 and heard the rooster. I think he is one confused bird.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Time since birth: 7 weeks
Weight loss this week: 1kg (2.2lbs)
Total weight loss: 11.4kgs (25.13lbs)
Monday I went for our 6 week check up. We had just gone out the door when Hannah did the biggest chuck ever. It was all over my clothes, her clothes, the baby carrier, and herself. By the time I changed both of our clothes, gave Hannah a bit of a sponge bath, and got lost on the way there, we were quite late.
At the check up, they checked my stitches (first time since I got them), which were "healed quite nicely." They checked my blood pressure and felt my tummy to make sure my uterus has gone back down. Everything was fine. They also gave Hannah a check up, and weighed and measured her. Finally, she is over 4kg. Only just, she is 4.1kg. She has also grown 7cm since birth.
After our appointment, Hannah was hungry, so i decided to try out the parents room at the shopping centre. There was a nice couch, TV, microwave, change tables, etc. It was quite nice and i didn't even have to worry about Hannah crying as no shoppers would be able to hear it.
I don't know if any of you have watched wipeout before, but it seems every time i watch it, i laugh so hard that tears come out. Aaron and i watched the other day and there was this large woman who was a bit scared to jump onto the big balls. Lucky for us, the "motivator" was employed. A big squishy block hit her in the bum, knocking her off the platform and onto the big balls. She was already covered in mud. As she hit the big ball, watery mud flew out of her top and hit her in the face (pretty sure her boobs hit her in the face too), she bounced off the big ball and tumbled into the muddy water below. Aaron and i both had tears from laughing so hard.
Hannah held a rattle for the first time this week. Sure, i may have put it in her hand, but she still kept a hold on it, and shook it a bit before dropping it. We've been practising every day since then, it's good for developing her coordination and such.
I walked to my first mothers group on Tuesday. Even though it's in a different town, it only took me 20 minutes. Apart from one other girl, I'm pretty sure I'm about 10 years younger then every one else. i guess people are having them late these days. It was good though, there was a baby nurse there and we got to ask any questions we wanted. Everyone seemed to want to know all the same things, which is reassuring. I just thought that maybe Hannah was a bit strange, but when i asked about her rubbing her face on our shoulders and chest, i found out that is normal (although i still don't know why they do it).
One morning, i had Hannah on her change mat, with a diaper under her, but not on. She likes to lay there and kick her legs and coo. She did a giant vomit and i had to sit her up as she was doing it so she wouldn't choke on it. It was like 3 big vomits in quick succession and got everywhere. Immediately after that, she did a big poo all over, and as soon as i took the nappy away, she peed everywhere. Interesting morning alright.
Grandma went wit me to the boob specialist to mind Hannah while I was in there. I don't think Hannah likes doctors offices, she always screams when she is there. Poor Grandma. If i wasn't breast feeding, they would take my lump out, but since I am, I have to have another biopsy (not fun, but i will get into that next week) on it just to be safe. He said he's quite sure it's harmless, but because of it's size, wants to be sure. If the lump is still there when Hannah is a year old, then they will remove it. Hopefully my boob won't resemble a deflated balloon after that. Since the lump is now filled with liquid, doesn't that men that when they take the biopsy, it could all leak out?? Turns out, that is possible. Ewww. Guess I'll find out on Thursday.
We have private health insurance, but does it cover Hannah's heart appointment, my ultrasound, biopsy, boob specialist, or the gap in doctors fees when they don't bulk bill? Not at all. So what exactly is the point of paying $200 a month for private health insurance?
Hannah has been a fantastic night sleeper recently. She slept for 8 hours straight 2 nights in a row. Unfortunately, i haven't been so lucky. It seems a neighbor has taken to clarinet playing at 10pm. I mean really, who plays the clarinet at 10pm? Everything seems amplified when you are laying in bed trying to sleep, so to me, it sounded like there was a dying moose right outside my window.
Friday I had my first post natal pilates class, where i found out that due to pregnancy, i have 2cms of separation in my ab muscles. Basically that means that there is 2cms in between my abs down the centre of my belly. I'll have to work out to fix it. The class was really good though, i used muscles i forgot i had.
Weight loss this week: 1kg (2.2lbs)
Total weight loss: 11.4kgs (25.13lbs)
Monday I went for our 6 week check up. We had just gone out the door when Hannah did the biggest chuck ever. It was all over my clothes, her clothes, the baby carrier, and herself. By the time I changed both of our clothes, gave Hannah a bit of a sponge bath, and got lost on the way there, we were quite late.
At the check up, they checked my stitches (first time since I got them), which were "healed quite nicely." They checked my blood pressure and felt my tummy to make sure my uterus has gone back down. Everything was fine. They also gave Hannah a check up, and weighed and measured her. Finally, she is over 4kg. Only just, she is 4.1kg. She has also grown 7cm since birth.
After our appointment, Hannah was hungry, so i decided to try out the parents room at the shopping centre. There was a nice couch, TV, microwave, change tables, etc. It was quite nice and i didn't even have to worry about Hannah crying as no shoppers would be able to hear it.
I don't know if any of you have watched wipeout before, but it seems every time i watch it, i laugh so hard that tears come out. Aaron and i watched the other day and there was this large woman who was a bit scared to jump onto the big balls. Lucky for us, the "motivator" was employed. A big squishy block hit her in the bum, knocking her off the platform and onto the big balls. She was already covered in mud. As she hit the big ball, watery mud flew out of her top and hit her in the face (pretty sure her boobs hit her in the face too), she bounced off the big ball and tumbled into the muddy water below. Aaron and i both had tears from laughing so hard.
Hannah held a rattle for the first time this week. Sure, i may have put it in her hand, but she still kept a hold on it, and shook it a bit before dropping it. We've been practising every day since then, it's good for developing her coordination and such.
I walked to my first mothers group on Tuesday. Even though it's in a different town, it only took me 20 minutes. Apart from one other girl, I'm pretty sure I'm about 10 years younger then every one else. i guess people are having them late these days. It was good though, there was a baby nurse there and we got to ask any questions we wanted. Everyone seemed to want to know all the same things, which is reassuring. I just thought that maybe Hannah was a bit strange, but when i asked about her rubbing her face on our shoulders and chest, i found out that is normal (although i still don't know why they do it).
One morning, i had Hannah on her change mat, with a diaper under her, but not on. She likes to lay there and kick her legs and coo. She did a giant vomit and i had to sit her up as she was doing it so she wouldn't choke on it. It was like 3 big vomits in quick succession and got everywhere. Immediately after that, she did a big poo all over, and as soon as i took the nappy away, she peed everywhere. Interesting morning alright.
Grandma went wit me to the boob specialist to mind Hannah while I was in there. I don't think Hannah likes doctors offices, she always screams when she is there. Poor Grandma. If i wasn't breast feeding, they would take my lump out, but since I am, I have to have another biopsy (not fun, but i will get into that next week) on it just to be safe. He said he's quite sure it's harmless, but because of it's size, wants to be sure. If the lump is still there when Hannah is a year old, then they will remove it. Hopefully my boob won't resemble a deflated balloon after that. Since the lump is now filled with liquid, doesn't that men that when they take the biopsy, it could all leak out?? Turns out, that is possible. Ewww. Guess I'll find out on Thursday.
We have private health insurance, but does it cover Hannah's heart appointment, my ultrasound, biopsy, boob specialist, or the gap in doctors fees when they don't bulk bill? Not at all. So what exactly is the point of paying $200 a month for private health insurance?
Hannah has been a fantastic night sleeper recently. She slept for 8 hours straight 2 nights in a row. Unfortunately, i haven't been so lucky. It seems a neighbor has taken to clarinet playing at 10pm. I mean really, who plays the clarinet at 10pm? Everything seems amplified when you are laying in bed trying to sleep, so to me, it sounded like there was a dying moose right outside my window.
Friday I had my first post natal pilates class, where i found out that due to pregnancy, i have 2cms of separation in my ab muscles. Basically that means that there is 2cms in between my abs down the centre of my belly. I'll have to work out to fix it. The class was really good though, i used muscles i forgot i had.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Time since birth: 6 weeks
Weight loss this week: Forgot to weigh myself this morning, can't be bothered to right now
Total weight loss: see above....
I would have thought that by 6 weeks my linea nigera (or whatever it is called, that line that goes down the middle of my stomach) would have disappeared, or at least started fading. It is still there, loud and proud. My lochia has pretty much stopped now (about time!!!), which I'm extremely happy about.
I was brushing my hair the other night, and couldn't get the brush through a bit in the front. On closer examination, I found there was something white that had dried in my hair. Baby vomit.... I have no idea how long it had been there (well, I mean it was that day sometime). I guess you know you're a mom when you find baby vomit in random places.
Speaking of baby vomit, sometimes Hannah vomits (well, spits up) quite a bit. Then I think "is she sick, does she have reflux, is this normal???" Some of the girls (from my antenatal class, we get together every week) were wondering the same thing, so they asked about it at their mothers group. They were told that if the baby isn't upset after spitting up, then it's not a problem, they either drank too much, or it came up with a burp or something. Phew, she doesn't get upset when she does it, so everything is a-ok.
For some reason, Hannah likes to take her morning naps on me (or Aaron on the weekend). I try to put her in her cot a few times but each time she cries, then it gets to the point where if I don't let her sleep on me, she is not going to get enough sleep, and considering she doesn't get a lot of sleep anyway (she sleeps 11-15 hours in a 24 hour period, they say babies should get 16-18), I relent and let her sleep on me just so she gets some sleep. I'll have to ask about that in my mothers group which starts on Tuesday. Hannah likes to keep us on our toes when she sleeps on us. Her favourite position seems to be face first on your shoulder. I have to keep my hand on her back just to make sure she is still breathing and not suffocating herself. I don't know how she breathes when she is face first on me, but somehow she does.
Finally, I don't have roots down to my ears! The Jess came over on the weekend and dyed my hair for me. I am now a brunette (with a reddish tinge), and it only cost me $9.99 (but since there are no pennies in Australia, it was really $10).
I will have a very busy week this week. I have my 6 week check up tomorrow to make sure I'm all healed, etc. after giving birth. Tuesday I have my first mothers group, Wednesday, my boob specialist appointment, and then on Friday, I should be starting a postnatal pilates class. I left the registration a bit late (I'm faxing it tomorrow), so hopefully I will get in. I'm also going to take Hannah to the shopping centre to get some groceries. If she gets hungry, I can just take her to the mothers room which, I'm told, has TVs so you can feed your baby and not be bored.
Weight loss this week: Forgot to weigh myself this morning, can't be bothered to right now
Total weight loss: see above....
I would have thought that by 6 weeks my linea nigera (or whatever it is called, that line that goes down the middle of my stomach) would have disappeared, or at least started fading. It is still there, loud and proud. My lochia has pretty much stopped now (about time!!!), which I'm extremely happy about.
I was brushing my hair the other night, and couldn't get the brush through a bit in the front. On closer examination, I found there was something white that had dried in my hair. Baby vomit.... I have no idea how long it had been there (well, I mean it was that day sometime). I guess you know you're a mom when you find baby vomit in random places.
Speaking of baby vomit, sometimes Hannah vomits (well, spits up) quite a bit. Then I think "is she sick, does she have reflux, is this normal???" Some of the girls (from my antenatal class, we get together every week) were wondering the same thing, so they asked about it at their mothers group. They were told that if the baby isn't upset after spitting up, then it's not a problem, they either drank too much, or it came up with a burp or something. Phew, she doesn't get upset when she does it, so everything is a-ok.
For some reason, Hannah likes to take her morning naps on me (or Aaron on the weekend). I try to put her in her cot a few times but each time she cries, then it gets to the point where if I don't let her sleep on me, she is not going to get enough sleep, and considering she doesn't get a lot of sleep anyway (she sleeps 11-15 hours in a 24 hour period, they say babies should get 16-18), I relent and let her sleep on me just so she gets some sleep. I'll have to ask about that in my mothers group which starts on Tuesday. Hannah likes to keep us on our toes when she sleeps on us. Her favourite position seems to be face first on your shoulder. I have to keep my hand on her back just to make sure she is still breathing and not suffocating herself. I don't know how she breathes when she is face first on me, but somehow she does.
Finally, I don't have roots down to my ears! The Jess came over on the weekend and dyed my hair for me. I am now a brunette (with a reddish tinge), and it only cost me $9.99 (but since there are no pennies in Australia, it was really $10).
I will have a very busy week this week. I have my 6 week check up tomorrow to make sure I'm all healed, etc. after giving birth. Tuesday I have my first mothers group, Wednesday, my boob specialist appointment, and then on Friday, I should be starting a postnatal pilates class. I left the registration a bit late (I'm faxing it tomorrow), so hopefully I will get in. I'm also going to take Hannah to the shopping centre to get some groceries. If she gets hungry, I can just take her to the mothers room which, I'm told, has TVs so you can feed your baby and not be bored.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Time since birth: 5 weeks 1 day
Total weight loss: 10.4kgs (22.9lbs)
Weight loss this week: 500g (1.1lbs)
I woke up in a cold large puddle. It took me a bit to figure out what was going on, then it hit me. My boobs were leaking again. Not just a little bit, I was laying in a puddle. I looked at the clock, 3am. Hannah had been sleeping for 7 hours. Uh oh, is she ok, is she still breathing? I heard her little "I'm waking up" noises on the baby monitor. Phew, she's ok. I wish she slept for 7 hours straight every night (I like getting lots of uninterrupted sleep)! I hoped I had enough milk left in my boobs, as opposed to all over the bed, to feed her (I did). Apparently, if I go to long without feeding, my boobs become self milking.
Hmmm... how do you clean up a giant puddle of milk from your mattress?? I pulled off the sheets and put salt on it. The salt drew out a lot of the milk, and then was vacuumed up. Still wet. I repeated bout 4 times, but it was still wet! I spent the night sleeping at the foot of the bed perpendicular to how one would normally sleep on a bed while trying to let the milk puddle dry. Aaron spent the night on the couch. Still wet the next day, I opened the windows and let it air all day. Finally, a dry bed. Hopefully it won't start smelling (so far so good though).
After said incident, I started wearing a bra to bed, with breast pads inside. The bra tends to creep up during the night and sit halfway up my boob, which can block milk ducts and lead to mastitis. Surely I'm not the only one with this problem. How do other mothers protect their beds and boobs at the same time? I still don't know the answer to that question, but I decided to wear a tank top and stick some breast pads in there. Fingers crossed I won't have another giant leak, as I'm pretty sure it would go through the shirt and pads.
I was getting ready to go on a pram walk and lunch with my antenatal class girls, carrying Hannah around while doing so. We were in the bathroom, about to brush my teeth when she gave me the biggest, sweetest smile I've ever seen. It wasn't the usual "I'm doing a fart" involuntary smile either, it was a genuine "mommy I love you" smile. She has been sparingly dolling out smiles ever since.
At our lunch that day, at the pub, we saw the channel 9 finance reporter and weather girl. Every single one of us had our boobs out, nursing our hungry little babies. I don't know if the weather girl gave us a look of disgust or support, but she definitely gave us a look. Maybe she just thought it odd that we were at the pub (FYI, the meals are good, there is hardly anyone there at lunch time, and there is ample room for pram parking).
Friday, a friend from church came over to take Hannah to the park with her girls and give me a chance to catch up with the house work. It was the first time I've been away from Hannah. I worried about her the whole time (is she hungry, is she crying, does she need a nappy change?), but still got so much done in her absence. It's amazing how much you can do when you have a time constraint.
As for the mammogram, I have to go see a breast specialist next week (there goes another $175). The mammogram report suggests it's nothing to worry about, but also says to see a specialist for follow up. We are beginning to think they just refer you to anyone and everyone to get them all more money. Why do w have to go back to the doctor each time? I mean, the ultrasound report suggested further investigation, but they could have just told me that, I could have mad the appointment to get the mammogram, and so on. Instead, it's doctor, specialist, doctor, different specialist, doctor, and so on. It seems incredibly inefficient if you ask me. If I have to go back to the doctor after my boob specialist appointment just to get the results of the appointment, I think I will scream.
Total weight loss: 10.4kgs (22.9lbs)
Weight loss this week: 500g (1.1lbs)
I woke up in a cold large puddle. It took me a bit to figure out what was going on, then it hit me. My boobs were leaking again. Not just a little bit, I was laying in a puddle. I looked at the clock, 3am. Hannah had been sleeping for 7 hours. Uh oh, is she ok, is she still breathing? I heard her little "I'm waking up" noises on the baby monitor. Phew, she's ok. I wish she slept for 7 hours straight every night (I like getting lots of uninterrupted sleep)! I hoped I had enough milk left in my boobs, as opposed to all over the bed, to feed her (I did). Apparently, if I go to long without feeding, my boobs become self milking.
Hmmm... how do you clean up a giant puddle of milk from your mattress?? I pulled off the sheets and put salt on it. The salt drew out a lot of the milk, and then was vacuumed up. Still wet. I repeated bout 4 times, but it was still wet! I spent the night sleeping at the foot of the bed perpendicular to how one would normally sleep on a bed while trying to let the milk puddle dry. Aaron spent the night on the couch. Still wet the next day, I opened the windows and let it air all day. Finally, a dry bed. Hopefully it won't start smelling (so far so good though).
After said incident, I started wearing a bra to bed, with breast pads inside. The bra tends to creep up during the night and sit halfway up my boob, which can block milk ducts and lead to mastitis. Surely I'm not the only one with this problem. How do other mothers protect their beds and boobs at the same time? I still don't know the answer to that question, but I decided to wear a tank top and stick some breast pads in there. Fingers crossed I won't have another giant leak, as I'm pretty sure it would go through the shirt and pads.
I was getting ready to go on a pram walk and lunch with my antenatal class girls, carrying Hannah around while doing so. We were in the bathroom, about to brush my teeth when she gave me the biggest, sweetest smile I've ever seen. It wasn't the usual "I'm doing a fart" involuntary smile either, it was a genuine "mommy I love you" smile. She has been sparingly dolling out smiles ever since.
At our lunch that day, at the pub, we saw the channel 9 finance reporter and weather girl. Every single one of us had our boobs out, nursing our hungry little babies. I don't know if the weather girl gave us a look of disgust or support, but she definitely gave us a look. Maybe she just thought it odd that we were at the pub (FYI, the meals are good, there is hardly anyone there at lunch time, and there is ample room for pram parking).
Friday, a friend from church came over to take Hannah to the park with her girls and give me a chance to catch up with the house work. It was the first time I've been away from Hannah. I worried about her the whole time (is she hungry, is she crying, does she need a nappy change?), but still got so much done in her absence. It's amazing how much you can do when you have a time constraint.
As for the mammogram, I have to go see a breast specialist next week (there goes another $175). The mammogram report suggests it's nothing to worry about, but also says to see a specialist for follow up. We are beginning to think they just refer you to anyone and everyone to get them all more money. Why do w have to go back to the doctor each time? I mean, the ultrasound report suggested further investigation, but they could have just told me that, I could have mad the appointment to get the mammogram, and so on. Instead, it's doctor, specialist, doctor, different specialist, doctor, and so on. It seems incredibly inefficient if you ask me. If I have to go back to the doctor after my boob specialist appointment just to get the results of the appointment, I think I will scream.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Time since birth: 4 weeks 1 day
Total weight loss: 9.9kgs (21.8lbs)
Total weight loss this week (well, for the last 2 weeks): 2.9kg (6.4lbs)
Yay, I can finally fit my bum into a pair of my pre-pregnancy jeans. It's so not the point that I can barley button them, they give me a muffin top, and they are too uncomfortably tight to actually wear anywhere. I did borrow a pair of size 10 (aussie size 10 that is, don't get too scared my american friends!) pair of jeans so I don't have to always wear the one pair of pants that I own that actually fit me (and they aren't even jeans).
A good thing about being pregnant is that you don't get your period. Unfortunately, what people fail to mention is the bleeding after birth (called lochia). It's like you have to make up for all of those months of not bleeding. Some people are lucky and only bleed for 2 weeks. Me, not so lucky, I'm still bleeding. Of course, it's a lot lighter then right after birth when I got it all over the hospital bed in my sleep (I'm sure they get that a lot), but it's still annoying.
I had my boob ultrasound last week. It took a while as I have so many lumps, and you are laying down, so I pretty much fell asleep. I did actually drift off a few times. She understood that I am a new mom, and we don't get as much sleep as before, so she was very understanding. She told me my big lump is now 4cm long, 4 times bigger than it was last year, and filled with fluid. They don't think it's anything sinister, but recommended further investigation.
Further investigation lead me to my first mammogram. I felt very out of place in the waiting room, amongst all the old ladies, and even more so as I also had a crying baby with me. Hannah couldn't come in with me because of the x-rays, so all the ladies who worked there fought over who got to watch her. Lucky she's cute, or I might have had to leave her screaming in her pram outside the door as no one would have wanted to watch her. I never tire of people telling me how cute she is.
I have been told that a mammogram is so painful you almost pass out, so I was quite nervous about the whole thing. Also, I wasn't too crazy about the thought of having my boobs pancaked.
First, you take your top off and bear all to the mammogram technician (who, lucky for me, was a woman). Next, place boob (with help of woman) on flat plate thing and wait for top plate thing to come down and pancake boob. Then, watch as your milk sprays all over the mammogram machine and narrowly misses the technician. How embarrassing.... Repeat with other boob. Next, the flat boob squisher plate turns sideways. Slot your boob for squishing from the side this time, watch milk go everywhere, including dripping all over self this time, and repeat with other boob. It didn't actually hurt that much, and was over quite quickly. I haven't gone back to the doctor yet to get my results, so tune in next week to find out.
Little Hannah also made a trip to the hospital this week for her appointment with the cardiologist. What an expensive week (cardiologist $400, mammogram $200). She still sports a hole in her heart between two ventricles, and it is unlikely to close. Luckily though, it is not causing her any problems and shouldn't in the future. We do have to keep an eye on it throughout her life and we have to go back in 8 weeks (when her systems are done making the womb to world transition) to make sure all is well.
Saturday we took Hannah for her first long car trip to Penrith. We thought she'd love it as she loves the movement of the car, but she did a poo right after we left and then cried the whole ride. Can't say that I'd like to sit in poo either. On the way home she slept the whole time and then continued to sleep for another 3 hours before waking up for a feed. She doesn't poop at night so we didn't have that problem on the way home.
Total weight loss: 9.9kgs (21.8lbs)
Total weight loss this week (well, for the last 2 weeks): 2.9kg (6.4lbs)
Yay, I can finally fit my bum into a pair of my pre-pregnancy jeans. It's so not the point that I can barley button them, they give me a muffin top, and they are too uncomfortably tight to actually wear anywhere. I did borrow a pair of size 10 (aussie size 10 that is, don't get too scared my american friends!) pair of jeans so I don't have to always wear the one pair of pants that I own that actually fit me (and they aren't even jeans).
A good thing about being pregnant is that you don't get your period. Unfortunately, what people fail to mention is the bleeding after birth (called lochia). It's like you have to make up for all of those months of not bleeding. Some people are lucky and only bleed for 2 weeks. Me, not so lucky, I'm still bleeding. Of course, it's a lot lighter then right after birth when I got it all over the hospital bed in my sleep (I'm sure they get that a lot), but it's still annoying.
I had my boob ultrasound last week. It took a while as I have so many lumps, and you are laying down, so I pretty much fell asleep. I did actually drift off a few times. She understood that I am a new mom, and we don't get as much sleep as before, so she was very understanding. She told me my big lump is now 4cm long, 4 times bigger than it was last year, and filled with fluid. They don't think it's anything sinister, but recommended further investigation.
Further investigation lead me to my first mammogram. I felt very out of place in the waiting room, amongst all the old ladies, and even more so as I also had a crying baby with me. Hannah couldn't come in with me because of the x-rays, so all the ladies who worked there fought over who got to watch her. Lucky she's cute, or I might have had to leave her screaming in her pram outside the door as no one would have wanted to watch her. I never tire of people telling me how cute she is.
I have been told that a mammogram is so painful you almost pass out, so I was quite nervous about the whole thing. Also, I wasn't too crazy about the thought of having my boobs pancaked.
First, you take your top off and bear all to the mammogram technician (who, lucky for me, was a woman). Next, place boob (with help of woman) on flat plate thing and wait for top plate thing to come down and pancake boob. Then, watch as your milk sprays all over the mammogram machine and narrowly misses the technician. How embarrassing.... Repeat with other boob. Next, the flat boob squisher plate turns sideways. Slot your boob for squishing from the side this time, watch milk go everywhere, including dripping all over self this time, and repeat with other boob. It didn't actually hurt that much, and was over quite quickly. I haven't gone back to the doctor yet to get my results, so tune in next week to find out.
Little Hannah also made a trip to the hospital this week for her appointment with the cardiologist. What an expensive week (cardiologist $400, mammogram $200). She still sports a hole in her heart between two ventricles, and it is unlikely to close. Luckily though, it is not causing her any problems and shouldn't in the future. We do have to keep an eye on it throughout her life and we have to go back in 8 weeks (when her systems are done making the womb to world transition) to make sure all is well.
Saturday we took Hannah for her first long car trip to Penrith. We thought she'd love it as she loves the movement of the car, but she did a poo right after we left and then cried the whole ride. Can't say that I'd like to sit in poo either. On the way home she slept the whole time and then continued to sleep for another 3 hours before waking up for a feed. She doesn't poop at night so we didn't have that problem on the way home.
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