Baby measured large... cervix did not drop... we decided to go with a scheduled cesarean, and we've landed ourselves a baby girl! Last Wednesday, the 14th, we had ourselves a little baby girl, all 8 pounds 10 ounces of her. Seeing her for the first time was amazing - and all the things I've heard about an overwhelming unconditional love you feel for someone you've never met before is true. The past week has been a whirlwind, where I've learned that all the products that people have been touting - some of them are true to work, some are completely irrelevant. Every baby is different, and some need some items, and some need others.
For Girly... the Graco Pack-n-Play has served as a fantastic second crib, as I stayed on the first floor of our house this past week while I let my cesarean wound heal - I'm moving back up to the second floor this week. The pockets it has for the changing station have been very convenient, and the height works really well for me. I've been doing the breastfeeding thing, and I've been using the Bravado nursing pads - they're OK, not as absorbent as I would have liked. Nursing bras from Bravado are fantastic, allows nursing very easily - my regular bras are definitely not cutting it. I'm lucky that my milk did come in rather quickly, but then, when it's time to feed Girly, and she's still sleepy... well, it does make for quite a mess on Mom. Alas, what can one do...
Other things - her clothing - onesies - we go through them about one a day, some times 2 a day. We got some from Baby Gap which have been really good. There are onesies with snaps at the neck, which makes putting them on her much easier, as there are few babies that do enjoy having a shirt pulled over their heads. The kimono tops do ride up, so they're not as good - though we did get a kimono onesie that snaps at the legs, which is much better than just the top. Hats, realistically, we only need 2, since she wears them only occasionally and doesn't seem to really love them - and we put it on her only when it's cold out, and she'll grow out of them so quickly. We have a hooded towel from Dwellbaby, and she loves getting swaddled in it after a bath (which she really doesn't like). The changing stations - realistically, I only want to use a simple cloth on them, not the fancy sheets, since there are so many chances of getting them dirty (trajectory poo!!). Otherwise... coats, we really won't need them until this autumn, as, even on the day we brought her home, though it was only 40 degrees outside, once we dressed her in her going -home outfit of a long-sleeved onesie, locked her into the car seat, and bundled her up in a blanket as well as the cold-weather cover on the car seat, she was more than snuggled up happy.
Diaperwise, we've got some Seventh Generation diapers, which run pretty huge - Pampers diapers were the ones that the hospital used, and we're continuing to use them at home until she grows out of them and fits the Seventh Generation diapers better... which seems to be happening, starting... now. She's growing fast!
Swaddle blankets, we have some thin flannel ones from Buy Buy Baby, just the basic ones, and they work just fine. We also have some fancier ones from Swaddle Baby, and they're huge - good for wrapping her up for colder nights, but the other flannel ones work just as well. We've been making good use of the Graco monitors, to keep tabs on when she gets really fussy (when Hubby comes down and helps me out), and to make sure she's OK when we don't have her next to us. We have an Uppababy Vista stroller, which has worked wonderfully, and has an adapter for our Graco Snugride car seat.
It's a rollercoaster ride, but it's a fun one. I know our lives will never be the same, but all the same, I'm looking forward to making new memories with her in our life. I haven't done much cooking since getting home... but our schedule is starting to return to what it was before, albeit with changes incorporating her into the schedule. It's an amazing learning experience.
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