Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Had my 6 week pp appointment last Friday (I was at 7 weeks but the 4th of July holiday influenced when I could get an appointment). My blood pressure is still low! And I'm at about 2 pounds heavier than when I got pregnant, which I'm happy about. My stomach needs a ton of toning but that will come. All restrictions have been lifted, which I'm happy about. It means that I can start exercising but I need to start slow (like walks). If we weren't having yet another heat wave, I would be taking Drew out daily. Hopefully next week will be cooler. I'm also back on birth control (a progesterone only pill which is breast feeding safe). They want to control my PCOS like symptoms and there is a chance that I could get pregnant on my own. There is no way to tell if my body has now figured out how to work correctly. Mike and I don't want to take any chances as we are fine with 1 kid right now and want to wait to discuss number 2.

I also got my return to work letter which has been sent to HR. So I'm all set to return. It's bittersweet. On one hand, I'm looking forward to more adult interaction. On the other hand, it has been nice having a break from work and spending every day with Drew. It'll be good for him to be at daycare and I know he will be in good hands.

We've had to pack up almost all of the newborn clothes now and have him primarily in 0-3 month sizes. He's also figuring out how to play with toys and is smiling a lot more. Every day he is a bit more alert. He's also figured out how to wiggle himself off his activity mat in a short time span. And he desperately wants to get up and go. I have taken a few videos of him, so of which have been posted to youtube. Let me know if you want the link.

Pumping and bottle feeding has been going well. I definitely have an oversupply. Drew's eating about 22-25 ounces per day and I'm producing anywhere from 45-48 ounces per day. The freezer is getting quite full. I'm debating purchasing a mini freezer from Amazon. Mike and I still need to discuss that. Ideally, I would want a full freezer, however, we don't have space for it and it would not fit in the basement as we couldn't get it down there. Here's what the freezer looks like as of 10 minutes ago:

The storage bins that I got work very well. I need to decide if I want to purchase a few more. Although that would take up basically all the room on the top shelf.

Here's a few pictures of Drew from the past few days:

 Shows that he has liked having his hand by his face since at least my 19 week anatomy scan. 

On his activity mat before I started shooting video.


1 comment:

  1. hey!! reading some of your older blog posts - jealous of your milk production (although mine isn't too shabby, making a tad more than he's eating each day still thankfully!)

    where'd you get the storage bins for the Lansinoh bags?? I have the bags lined up in our freezer drawer right now lol...
    (you can email me - katesolan (at) gmail (dot) com)

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