Things I had forgotten:
1. How beat-up the body feels after labour.
2. How quickly the body recovers from labour. Every day I feel less sore, less afraid to poop.
3.
Jolie has been doing a lot of this:
The breast pump has been put to excellent use:
And I am feeling like maybe, just maybe, this two-kid deal is going to work out just fine:
Avelyn met Jolie for the first time when we brought her home from the hospital, all bundled in her car seat, surrounded by blankets. She looked her over and we told her, “This is your baby sister, Jolie.
For those who are interested, here are some of the details of Jolie’s birthday…
We arrived at the Labour and Delivery ward at 8 o’clock in the morning and they administered the gel around 9:30.
I am exhausted and blissful and sore and leaking.
Working on the birth story but for now am going to try to sleep for a few moments before the next feeding.
Thank you all for your kind emails and comments.