Yay Hot on the birth pool, etc! Embarrassingly, mine is still waiting to be put away. We've sunned it, but I want to wipe it over and sun it one more time before deflating and sending back to its owner. It had a liner anyway, but still...
As for the babymoon - we had visitors, but generally just one lot per day (ie a friend, or Grandma, or BIL, SIL and niece). People do ask to visit you at home and they generally bring their own refreshments, so it seems less troublesome. They can tend to stay a bit longer, so DP had to shuffle a few out when I gave him the cue.
As for four days in bed - that must be for those with no other children! But I did stay at home and not venture anywhere for seven days. My Mum took care of cleaning and tidying while she was here and DP has been an absolute champ with cooking dinner and washing. So I've gradually picked it up as I've felt like it and since he went back to work. I've also tried to nap in the afternoon. For the first week my poor 'seat' muscles had had enough by the afternoon and I mostly took it easy and rested. Yesterday and today I'm almost back to normal, but still pacing myself.
Bella - I wrote thank you messages, gave my doula a couple of vouchers (one for a massage - after kneeling on the floor beside me, etc, I figured she needed it!), and my m/ws movie vouchers. I figured since I took an evening out of their time, I could give them back the same. I also gave them a few photos that showed just how overjoyed I was after the birth.
Good job on the milk coming in already! Mine came in after two days too. And settled down a lot better than last time. How is Madeleine going with bfing?
Last edited by Jennifer13; January 13th, 2012 at 12:38 PM.
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