Postpartum recovery

Last pregnancy weight was 92kgs approx.

1 week pp i was 85.5kgs.

2 weeks pp i was 84.5kgs.

3 weeks pp im 83.1kgs.

Postpartum recovery with Liam has been better in many ways than with Cadell, but also worse!

Initally i felt better straight after delivering (went home 7 hrs after birth!) due to fast and uncomplicated delivery.

But then i started having horrible pains in my stomach ( felt like labour pains but constant) which eased only with panedene forte. Went to drs and he did tests, warned about a pp hemorrage, and i had to go back to drs in a few days for results. Ended up with an infection called endometritis. So i was on two strong antibiotics for that.

On top of all this (the unterine infection made my tummy very sore and bleeding worse etc) i have now developed bronchitis i think. Liam has been really good though.

I am just really looking forward to feeling well again and up to doing things. I want to be fit and healthy, dont mind so much about the sleep depravation (although hopefully Liam will just continue to do longer stretches as he has been the angel!) just want to feel like i can pick up Cadell without damaging something!

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3d scan pictures

At 36 weeks we got a 3d/4d scan done, it was amazing to see the detail!

Project 365 Week 3 Days 15-21

Project 365 Week 3. Lining up his cars. He says 'Ar ok, tuck?' (Are you ok truck) when one moves out of line. Jan 15 Cleaning the house for photos as it has gone on the market. We don't really want to have to move after only moving in a month ago. :( Jan 16 Holding the bottle himself. He seems to have been preferring the bottle more than me at the moment. Jan 17 Already throwing the ball for Tessie. Jan 18 Slept 13 hours straight last night! First time for months that he has done that. Jan 19 Not part of project 365 but this was Cadell at the park, he had a great time! Jan 19 Happy 7 months to Liam! Standing by himself clever boy. Jan 20 37 degrees today so he came in a bit sweaty after his morning play! Jan 21

Bethan at 3 weeks old

She did a 7 hr stretch last night! She has been going to bed around 8-9pm and doing 6 hrs until 2 am and then going back down from 3 - 6 am but last night she slept from 8-3am then back down from 4-7am. It was lovely to have that much sleep. She's doing so well, she was 4.3kg at 2 weeks 2 days which is about 700grams up from her birth weight. She's in a bit of a routine during the day too, ive been trying to get her to have a little sleep in the morning, but the a bigger 2 +hr sleep at lunchtime, and then she will just do a few little naps before bedtime. In the next few weeks I will work on getting her bed time down to 7pm and then 6pm. She also started cooing properly at 3 weeks 2 days and has been smiling since day 4.

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