Monday, December 7, 2009

Let the sun shine in!

My blue days are over! Mostly. Until I'm pregnant again. Or until a catastrophe hits. Or, maybe, just until after Christmas. Yes, post partum totally sucked this time around, but it's over and I feel so much better. It's like the sun has come out to stay.

It was not part of my plan to wean Price (see previous post) but I ended up having to anyway. He was tearing me up, the details of which I will not go into here. Suffice it to say, I cried every time I nursed him and in all the 6 weeks I never got past the toe-curling stage. At first I was pretty disappointed that I had to wean him so early. I really don't like it when things don't go the way I plan them. But I'm so over it and am really liking the freedom of a bottle baby. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's the most inconvenient way to feed your baby, to be sure. I'm always washing bottles and there's more to squeeze in the diaper bag. BUT it's really great when you can say to your hubby at night: "It's been a rough day and I've got a rough day tomorrow. Do you mind getting up with him tonight?" Put that together with the fact that Price only wakes up once on the other side of midnight and it's no wonder my days are looking brighter.

The 6 weeks after Price was born were really tough and seemed never ending. To be honest, I don't know how I survived the first month. But I'm really glad that I toughed it out and made the surprise decision to not go on my anti-depressant. Now that I'm on the other side of it, the time really did go by quite fast. And even though I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel, I'm here now and basking in its brightness.

6 comments:

tracyp said...

YEAH!!! Welcome back Cheyenne! I'm so glad you're feeling better.. of course seeing me will do that to people. It is quite nice that you can hand off the feeding duties after a long day, that freedom is really underrated most of the time. Hopefully you'll heal before the next baby comes so you can be abused as a milk factory again.
Love you and miss you!

Unknown said...

I'm proud of you, Cheyenne! You're a good mom. I'll admit that I literally "dropped Lucas on his head" when he was only a few days old. So I guess now you know I'm not perfect, either! I hate to crush the myth. I can't wait to see the little guy! Love, Jenny

Unknown said...

Yay, Cheyenne! Don't even feel bad about not nursing. Tons of healthy babies are bottle babies. If I wasn't so lazy, I would probably switch to the bottles myself, at least part of the time!

Glad things are looking up for you in enough time to enjoy the holidays!

Desiree said...

Hey Cheynie Sue the Buckeroo!
It sucks when things don't go the way you plan. I'd like to still be BF Elsie but it was not to be. When I was nursing I couldn't wait to be done. Now that I'm done, I miss it so much. You are a wonderful mother and sister and daughter and wife and granddaughter...the list goes on and on. I love you bunches!

p.s. Jenny - I firmly believe my visit during the first week and a half of Price's life took the edge off of the PPD and allowed Cheyenne to stay off the meds :)
lol j/k

Desiree said...

sorry - I meant Tracy, not Jenny lol

jdenslen said...

I wish you would have called, but if you are like me when you are that low you don't want to talk to anyone. I am proud of you for not having to go back on the meds-your a better woman than me. I think it is important to talk about depression. It is not something we should be ashamed of just something we need help with at times. Some more than others!.
love you
donna