Checking in

Wow... What a wonderful few days it's been. I am overwhelmed with joy! I'm exhausted, but it's so worth it. He is beautiful and such a miracle.

I can't believe he is finally here. We have a boy!

Our first two nights in the hospital went by fast and were pretty easy. We had hoped to come home as soon as possible, but they ended up having every reason under the sun to keep us there for two days. Overall, it wasn't too bad to be there. One great benefit of the hospital was that we came home with so much free stuff, including a humidifier and a breast pump kit with a manual pump.

Motherhood is wonderful. Like I imagined a few months ago, I did forgo sleep the first few nights to lie there gazing at my baby. And at first I didn't even feel tired! But on our first night home it really caught up with me. I've learned very quickly the importance of 'sleep when baby sleeps'.

I also had trouble sleeping because I had to check every few minutes to make sure he was still breathing! We hooked up our Angel Care Monitor yesterday morning, and I feel much better about that now.

Last night was considerably better, for me at least. Daddy's job got a lot tougher however, as he finally started wetting and messing his diapers yesterday afternoon. My milk started to come in early Monday morning. Breastfeeding is going really well. He is so independent already. He wants to latch on without my help! Thankfully, he is pretty good at it. We are both adjusting nicely. I'm a little sore, but usually I can't even feel it while he's nursing. Seems like when I'm looking down at my beautiful baby, nothing else matters.

I feel great! My back is still pretty sore from the epidurals (yes, two of them), but otherwise things are good. Of course the birth didn't go as planned, but the result is spectacular! I have absolutely no regrets. I'll post the details soon.

The dogs have been really good. Kelly is so concerned. She runs to him every time he cries and checks on us every few minutes when I'm in bed feeding him. Kira is less enthused to be sharing her daddy, but has been very gentle and well-behaved too.

We will post more later.

Love,

Meggan, Sonepheth, and Luc