Now that I have given everyone reading mild depression, here are some pictures of Elsa since that is really why you are here...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
6 Week Check-Up
Yesterday I had my 6 week postpartum check up. I know that I haven't quite been feeling like myself since having Elsa, but I didn't realize how much until I had to talk about it yesterday. It is overwhelming in so many ways and it's hard to love something so much without it becoming stressful in a way. In any case, my midwife walks in the room and says "How are things going?" and my response was to burst into tears. Then I had to fill out a postpartum depression questionnaire which made me feel like I am more depressed than I really am. I don't actually feel depressed so much as just stressed and anxious a lot of the time. I also think I'm overtired and bored which probably isn't helping things so much. The good news is that my uterus is back to its appropriate size and other than still being somewhat of a fatty, things are back to normal body-wise.
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Don't worry, things will get better. Just look forward to your trip to NH to see all your family and friends :)
WOW!! Elsa is doing a tremendous job holding her head up in that second picture!!
*HUGS*
xoxo
Lets look @ the bright side...at least you didn't find out you were pregnant again! It happens! It's not so often that you love someone so deeply that it brings you to tears...even when you want to throw them out of the window @ 0300 because you can't get them to stop screaming & may wake your 3 year old at any moment. Enjoy the bliss, but do what your midwife tells you...you are not a freak & you are not the only one out there feeling the way you do.
Her eyes are really opening up, she has grown a ton since you birthed her. Elsa sure is a little cutie! How is she liking her mag?
Shelley... can I come over sometime to give you a big fat hug?
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