On my own

Well I survived my first night on my own. Paul was downstairs the whole night. The hardest stretch the last few nights has been from 8pm til midnight or 1am. I get almost no sleep during those hours. I'm hoping tonight will be better. Last night she had another explosive bm, and I hadn't had any chocolate for 2 days. So maybe the nurse was right. I had frozen some brownies so maybe I'll eat one tomorrow and see what happens. The best thing from last night was that we made serious progress on going without the shield. Some feedings it wasn't used at all. It's varied throughout the day today. At least a part of every feeding is done w/o it.

My swelling is going down a lot. My calves are now back to normal. I had almost forgotten what they used to look like, LOL. My feet and ankles have improved some, but they're still not back to normal. I am hopeful though that probably by Tuesday (2 weeks after having her) that they will be their normal size. I want to be weighed at her doctor appt on Wed as the scale didn't show much improvement last Tues, but I think a lot of it was water weight. I've been wearing non-maternity clothes so it seem I must have lost most of the weight. I hope so anyhow!

Nadia met 2 of her 8 cousins today (and cousin #9 will be born in November). Brandi (who will turn 14 in August) was thrilled to hold Nadia. Of course Grandma and Pop Pop also took their turns holding her as well. :-) Shawn (age 12) assembled one of her toys for her (ball popper).