Natalie is now one month old. And what a month it has been! I have to say it was one of the most challenging months of my life. I have been plagued with numerous random illnesses, and in between all the sickness have had breastfeeding troubles. The first 10 days of Natalie's life were wonderful. I felt great, was healing wonderfully, had only minor and normal breastfeeding issues, and then the fun started. The Monday before Christmas I started having stomach pain. Randy and I went to Wal Mart to try to finish some last minute shopping. But the pain got so bad we had to go home. I wasn't nauseous, but still threw up a couple of times, without any relief. Randy said to me, "This is just how I was when I had appendicitis." I pressed on my right lower side and had sharp pain. I started to freak out, I can not have appendicitis, I have a brand new baby, it is almost Christmas, I can not go to the hospital and have surgery! So I had Randy and my Dad give me a blessing and then went to bed. When I woke up the pain was still there but not worse. I still had some pain the next day, but it was managable, and by Wednesday it was gone. Then on Thursday, Christmas Eve, I had flu like symptoms, without the fever. I spent most of the day in bed. I was okay on Chirstmas, but the next day I did have a fever and aches and chills and spent even more of the day in bed. I was so greatful to have my mom and dad here to help. They left on the Sunday after Christmas. After that I got a little cold. Then one night somewhere in there I woke up in the middle of the night throwing up. And to top it all off I got mastitis last Tuesday night. Worst pain I have ever been in, including labor. Now the mastitis is gone, but the cause of the mastitis is not gone and I am still suffering with some breast pain. Will this ever end? I have to go back to work soon. I need to be all better. All of this has just made me more sure that I do not want any more babies. I never want to be pregnant again, and I never want to go through this again.
The happy part of this story is that I have a beautiful sweet baby girl. She is doing wonderful. She sleeps well, eats well, is healthy and growing. She couldn't be better.
3 comments:
Sorry you've had such a rough time Les! But glad you finally have your little girl. She is adorable! Nursing issues and being sick are no fun but luckily they do go away eventually =) Good luck!
Oh how sad. I got appendicitis, after I had Caden he was almost 3 months. I ended up having surgery too. NO FUN AT ALL. Glad yours cleared up. Next time call me I would love to have the boys over while you get some rest.
NO FUN!! Hope that you are doing a little bit better now. As if having a newborn isn't hard enough add some more stress in there and life is really fun! I'll be thinking about you and praying for you.
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