When you’re on bed rest for 6 weeks, the hardest part is asking for help. But I did, and my friends and family went waaaaaay overboard. And then I had emotions about it.
Love is…
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Conversations with my husband and mom in our first 3 days home from the hospital.
Day 1 at home… 5 days old
Me: I have no idea if I’m doing anything right…
Mom: Anything that happens in the first week doesn’t count.
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First two weeks.
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Maybe the first month.
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This is about survival.
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Alternate titles: The Inconsistent Poop, Hard Times at Poop High, or You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Til It’s Gone
*disclaimer…husband, you do not want to read this post.
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photo: caitlin custer
In three days.
Not that I’m counting.
Today, I send this blog into the world for the first time…
I starting writing in mid-november, when I was put on bed rest for 6 weeks after a very healthy and un-exciting pregnancy…except that at 7 1/2 months I had been having contractions every 20-30 minutes for weeks.
Which I thought was normal.
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