Once Upon A New Time

Being a mother is full of ups and downs I have come to notice. Even though I have only had the Mom experience for only over 3 weeks, I can tell ya about so many things I have felt and experienced in that short time, the good and the bad:) Breastfeeding: So it appears for me that breastfeeding is wayy harder than I thought. It always seemed like the most natural thing in the world and to be perfectly honest I never knew why people didnt do it. I mean its free, and better for you baby and helps you burn extra calories... so where is the down side? That was my thought process before trying it. After trying it, and continuing to do it, I completely understand why people do not do it. I am taking it week by week at this point. It's easier now than it was at the beggining, but it's just so tiring. Being the only one that can feed the baby, and constantly worrying about if your boobs are gonna leak, or the get really hard and full and painful I might add. Not to mention, Max doesn

What I've learned about my son... Its been a little over a week since I have had the privilege of having my little son Maximus and it's amazing how much he has taught me and I now know about him:) 1. He hates having his diaper changed, and taking a bath. 2. He makes the cutest faces and smiles after he finishes eating and is about to fall asleep. 3. He gets super squirmy if he needs to burp. 4. He likes to look around and is super curious, has really good eye and head movement. 5. He does not like to be swaddled anymore, because he likes to have his hands free. 6. He likes being in the car seat. 7. He constantly pees all over everything, we can barely keep enough clothes and blankets clean. 8. He was stubborn about breastfeeding at first, but now has gotten the hang of it (thanks to some ever amazing nipple shields)! 9. He will take a bottle too, so that makes it nice for me when I want to sleep and someone else can feed him:) 10. His hair is turning from brown to b

How it happened, the birth of my son Max.  I went to the doctor on Monday July 30th for my usual weekly appointment. It was at 10 in the morning. At the appointment, my blood pressure was really high and concerned my doctors. I have had sort of high blood pressure through out the pregnancy. But this time it was extremely elevated! The doctors decided to do a fetal stress test of the baby and some lab work to make sure everything was ok. Baby heart rate tested ok, but the amniotic fluid seemed to be a little low. The amniotic fluid level, my blood pressure and the fact that my blood platelet count seemed to have dropped recently, suggested to the doctor that I should deliver sooner rather than later. Being nearly 39 weeks, the doctors thought the best things was to get baby out just to be safe rather than sorry. We scheduled the induction for 2pm that same day. I called Jeff and he came up to the hospital, we we were able to go home for a few hours before coming back to the hospital a