Pregnancy after LT TTC #21

[myturn]

Spoons they are the exact same words I said... I spent SOOOO much time imagining having a baby, and trying to conceive, that I really never considered what pregnancy would be like. It was sooo much harder than I imagined. But you will get there. It feels like forever, but before you know it, you'll be holding that precious bundle Xox

[Spoons]

Thanks myturn. Yesterday at the chemist I saw someone with a tiny baby, only a few weeks old. The bub got a bit grizzly so his mum picked him up and cuddled him and it was a touching moment that reminded what I'm doing this all for. I don't actually see many babies! Especially that small.
The last few days have not been bad on the morning sickness front so hopefully I'm getting over that hump. *touch wood*

[worrywart]

Hi all,
Hope all doing ok. I am so pleased to say our little boy Zachary was born on 21 March very quick labour, two days after cerclage removed. The moment he was placed on my tummy was the happiest of my life so far (except for birth of my daughter and when I saw U2 in high school!). He weighed 3.3kg, and was born at 39 weeks, so 3 weeks earlier gestation than my DD, and quite a bit smaller. Hence the VBAC (we certainly weren't pushing for it - literally) with forceps. Yes. Fun.
I have had some complications/slow recovery things (fainted not long after delivery, blood clot (huge!) expelled a couple days after birth, anemia, ongoing incontinence, haemorrhoids (painful) and I had to go back into hospital for anti's due to an infection (vomiting, fever, shakes).
My DH and family are very supportive. My DD is a handful (school holidays) and being very rough with DH, and with me. She talks or yells loudly all day, and things with her and DH are really at breaking point. Any tips on this? She is high energy, argumentative, extremely verbal and sensitive, disguised as anger/rage. She has taken to rejecting me and never leaving DH's side. I am still too sick to leave bed mostly.
I am BFing now, but very open to bottles if it will make family life easier and as the little one gets bigger, I will listen to my body for when time is right.
So grateful to have come this far.
Good luck to everyone else on this messy insane journey.
WW
xxxxx