Baby Is Almost 4 Weeks Old

Tomorrow my sweet little angel will be four weeks old. I've been adjusting well and so has she. I have a 4-week postpartum appointment tomorrow. My thinking is that this is the day that Dr. gives me the okay to slowly start exercising again. No marathon running or anything, but may be some light walking. I have some light weights at home, so maybe that. Anyway, my recovery thus far has been good. I can actually fit into some jeans that I got with my last pregnancy...I call them my inbetween jeans. Still have some good muffin top going on, but that's okay. I'm on the road to getting fit again.

One thing I wish the doctors and nurses should have told me was to DRINK LOTS OF WATER! I think that it aids in the recovery of the whole body. It's important to drink lots of water in general, but for a recovering mama, even MORE important. I say this because after about day 4 or 5 of being home, my bleeding stopped. I was amazed! I thought, "Wow, this is great! My healing and recovery is going swell!" Then I started to do just a tad more around the house...pick up a basket of laundry, pick up my 2 year old, wash dishes. Anyway, after about almost 2 weeks, my bleeding returned. Nothing painful. No cramping. No large clots. BUT I also realized I wasn't drinking as much water. Once I started drinking more water again, the bleeding continued for a few more days, then stopped. The lochia started to change to a darker brown, which is natural. Now it feels more normal. I attribute the "normal" feelings to drinking the water I was supposed to have been drinking.

So after four weeks, things are going well. The whole family has adjusted well so far. My body is beginning to get back to some sort of normal state. My nipples are getting a workout with the breastfeeding. Thank goodness for lanolin in that department. I'm not a perfect mother or wife STILL, but I think I'm doing alright so far.

I thank God everyday for these blessings. I thank God for giving me the strength and love for my family. I thank God for giving me the wisdom to know myself and to continue to know myself and to grow. I thank God for forgiving me for my shortcomings and still loving me as I am. Life is a blessing and I'm thankful everyday for it all.