Recovery

 I know the title sounds weird for what just happened, but stay with me. So for those who don't know I just had a bouncing baby girl! Mackenzie Lucille Manderson was born on July 8th bright eyed and bushy-tailed at 6am! Whoooo! Myself and my husband on the other hand were a little less awake after an entire night of waiting. But gosh-darn the wait was worth it! Look how cute she is!

I could go on all day about how cute she is and how adorable and wonderful and beautiful and fantastic and amazing and snuggly and soft and squeaky she is! But! I shall digress. There had been some major changes in out house hold for both me and my husband and babe. Babe had severe jaundice coming out of the womb and due to extenuating circumstances I could not go visit her in the NICU. Thanks Covid guidelines. It was a couple of stressful days at the hospital for both of us and  am so happy to be home. Its been about a week since we were at the hospital and all of us could not be happier to be home.

So the recovery part. I am unable (advised not to) do stairs or strenuous exercise for up to six weeks after my delivery. However, I am finding moving around a lot easier when I carry little Mac on the outside of me verses the inside. But, I am still in frequent pain and am finding long periods of standing or walking very uncomfortable. As the week has gone by it has been better and I have been able to do basic stretching and routine walks. I am putting off the hard stuff till later. But it feels positive. It feels like I will be able to do things with relative ease if I keep working at it slow and steady. 

Emotionally, I feel like I need to recover as well. And that might take longer than I anticipated. Partly due to the fact that a healthy mind needs a fair share of sleep and I have a sneaky suspicion that it might be a couple weeks before me and babe fall into a comfortable schedule! But fret not dear hearts, because I have an amazing support system! Not just from my husband who is willing to take the bullet and feed babe to give me a couple of hours, but the family on both sides has been amazing this past week and a bit. Lu has been over helping look after Mac and give her extra cuddles and my mom has been using her vacation time to help around the house. I know that it is going to be different next week when I am on my own with babe for the day but I feel more confident now doing things. So once again, slow and steady is going to win this race!

I hopefully shall see you all in the Kwoon again soon! Till then, stay safe and enjoy the summer sun!