April 1, 2012
Ambrose is one week old today! I am so proud to have made it through the first week. It flies by when I look back, but I feel like passes slow while I'm in the moment. I still feel lethargic which I can tell is due to my blood count. However, I love waking up to see our beautiful little boy. There have been some exhausting moments this week. It is so painful to try to get out of bed because it uses my core muscles. So, I have made the chair with lots of pillows and the glider my home. I was taking percocet every four hours in the hospital. A total of 8 pills a day. Well, my Dr wrote me a prescription for 20 without any refills. He told me to supplement with ibuprofen. First day home I cut myself down to 2 percocet per day and used ibuprofen. I would get up and walk every day. I was in a lot of discomfort but I knew each day I would get stronger. I haven't been able to push the stroller very well. I have to take multiple breaks while I walk and if I don't take pain meds before the walk I hate myself the rest of the day. I have started wearing my maternity belt and it does help. I also ran into shoulder/rib cage pain one afternoon. The pain is do to air from surgery trying to find a place to escape and it was super painful. The only relief was to lay on my right side the same side as the pain and apply firm pressure. I took two percocet and it didn't do anything for pain relief. I'm so glad that's over. I'm so happy that every day I get stronger and stronger and feeling more like myself. However, I still have a ways to go.
Apparently I have been more tired than I thought as my dear husband took a couple of photos to prove it to me.
My birthday glider and Ambrose enjoying my company.
Ambrose and Mommy trying to catch up on sleep.
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