1 Month Old

I'm getting to these monthly updates late, but better late than never. On October 29th my sweet baby girl turned 1 month old! It was a busy, wonderful, stressful, and amazing month! It's crazy how alert she has been from the get-go. We had many issues with breast feeding and the first few weeks I dealt with a tough case of baby blues.

My dream was to breast feed Maggie for as long as possible, but I never imagined as long as possible would have been only a month. I will never know why my milk didn't fully come in; that was the cause of all of our problems. My body never produced more than an ounce or two everyday. It has been an emotional roller coaster dealing with all of this, but I'm slowly coming to terms with formula feeding.

Baby blues - oh boy! I didn't realize how crazy hormones could get after giving birth. Those first 2 weeks were something else! Lots of tears and worrying; doubting myself as a mother and sometimes even doubting my sanity. But just as quickly as it hit me, that phase went away, thankfully.

During the first month she wore newborn clothes and diapers. She slept anywhere from 2-4 hour stretches during the night. We took a lot of naps together during the day. She ate around .5-3oz every 1-3 hours. She got to meet a lot of her family for the first time and we just loved seeing her with our parents and siblings.

I was healing more and more everyday after birth. Since having an episiotomy, I was pretty sore, but it was nothing I couldn't handle. Most of the soreness happened at night and while using the bathroom. I had a lot of swelling in my ankles and feet which lasted at least 3 weeks. I lost all my baby weight and then some within the first month! Although my stomach looks nothing like it did pre-pregnancy!

Marcus has been amazing through all of this. He spent many nights in the first month letting me cry on his lap and telling me that everything was alright. He has been a wonderful and loving husband and dad and I don't know what I would do without him. We just love our daughter so much!