Anna Joy's Arrival (16-05-12)

**Artechim** · May 17th, 2012, 12:25 PM

Congratulations Cricket

**BlackRose** · May 18th, 2012, 09:09 AM

Gorgeous story! Well done mama!!

**Shanti** · May 18th, 2012, 05:55 PM

Congratulations Cricket!!!!! you inspire me to have a home birth for #3

You are a busy mama to 6 kids and manage to write a birth story 13hrs later???

**Arcadia** · May 19th, 2012, 10:46 PM

Congratulations! Beautiful, joyous, wonderful birth at home! Welcome Anna (great name btw

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**Cricket** · May 20th, 2012, 04:41 AM

Thanks so much everyone! Things are going very well over here so far. Anna went down to 7lb 3oz on Thursday, but today (Saturday) she's already back to 7lb 8oz. She'll be at her birth weight in no time I'm sure.

No sign of jaundice. She has a fussy time in the middle of the night right now, which isn't great, but she's very easy during the day, and DH is home with us for a week, and taking great care of everything, so I can nap.
I'm feeling really well. The after pains were well managed with naproxen, and today, which is day 3, I haven't taken anything, and am not in any pain! I didn't have any tearing, and the tiny bit of stinging that I was experiencing when I went to the bathroom was totally gone in about 24 hr. No swelling, no hemerrhoids.... honestly, I can't believe how easily things are going right now. So much to be thankful for! I just hope we can get a little more sleep in before DH has to go back to work again....