How fast can I type this out before Verity wakes up… we shall see!
The past week and a half, I’ve been feeling SOOOOO much more like myself again – thank goodness! Still would love more sleep, but I imagine that’s how I will feel for the next how many years? But back to this whole how I feel business. In the first few weeks after Verity was born, I wondered what was wrong with me, why I couldn’t seem to fathom getting out of the house by myself – or even manage to get a shower in on some days when other new Moms seemed to have the ability to just go. I was so glad Jay was here and hadn’t a clue what I was going to do when he went back to work! And though I was feeling better by the time he returned to work, I still wasn’t myself – or very confident about doing much outside of the house yet finding myself increasingly unhappy ‘stuck in the house.’ But then I hit the ‘magical’ 6.5 week point and all of a sudden, I felt like a real person again. I am now able to get out and about without feeling like it’s this huge ordeal, I can move in ways that I expect to be able to, and I have a much better idea of what this little girl can handle and what she needs in a day — all of which have given me a renewed sense of freedom and some sanity in our (or at least my) daily lives.
am glad you are getting back to normal! i didn’t know 6.5 weeks was supposed to be magical. hormones back to normal or something? so now that you’re feeling more yourself, does that mean we will see more pics? i feel as if i’ve seen hardly any!!!!
Hurray for normal!
I think part of it is that you just didn’t notice other moms’ newmom fog so what you were seeing was after that time period for them. Obviously v births have their own set of recovery issues but a c-section is major surgery (on top of the hormones!) so it just really does set you back. Surgery and doing this for the first time is a lot lot lot to take in. In 3 months you’ll wonder what the hell your problem was because you will have forgotten the whole sensation of the newness.
@ef – did you ever see lots of pictures of that family before a baby? i don’t think you should hold your breath on this.
true, dj. but don’t most people become picture crazy with a new baby around? especially a new baby and an iphone!!! (is this working, eve?)
anyway, i remember after rowan was born you all said stuff like how much more relaxed i seemed, and like motherhood just suited me. ha! that is certainly not how i felt.