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My Due Date: July 19, 2015
I have given birth!
Age: 39 years old

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6 weeks postpartum
By rcorinne » Posted Sep. 1, 2015 2:01pm - 431 views - 4 comments

Lost a substantial JE to inactivity. You've gotta be kidding me, CMP!!! I pushed aside my 3 year old a couple times so I could finish typing the stupid thing, and now it's gone. Anyway. 6 weeks postpartum. Down 30 lbs. Plan to start running to get ready for a 5K in two months. Seconds thoughts about returning to work before the full 12 weeks are up. Cameron is pretty hard to motivate. I really want him back in preschool, but I don't want to drive them both down to daycare before I have to. Commuting, pumping, cleaning, packing lunches, being scheduled. It all sounds like too much at the moment. Obviously being home with 2 kids can also feel like too much. Sooooo, where does that leave me? Right now it leaves me in indecisive limbo, not dressed yet, sitting on my bed next to a sleeping baby, and 3 year old in his underwear watching too much television. I finished my original entry a bit more optimistic, but losing it in it's entirety kind of brought the pessimism back. Whew! Life is like that.

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Comment from eat2nourish » Posted Sep. 7, 2015 10:50pm
I was just thinking the same thing Summer said, enjoy the time you have with Emma while you can!. And it's amazing you lost so much weight so fast. Emma is so cute :).

Comment from Summer0120 » Posted Sep. 2, 2015 9:06am
Awww she's so pretty! Glad things are going well. Enjoy your leave as long as possible. You'll want it back later if you don't. Lol!

Comment from rcorinne » Posted Sep. 1, 2015 11:23pm
Yeah, I thought staying home with a baby was rough, but now that I have an older child I realize that being a SAHM to an infant isn't so bad. They're portable and good to have with you if your breast feeding, so you don't have to pump. It's the older kids that have opinions and can run away or throw tantrums that are harder to deal with at home. I really think daycare/school is a good thing for both Cameron and my sanity. I have this strange two mindedness about Emma right now. She's tough because she wants to be held a lot, but she's pretty easy to take places. Being at home with her seems like a breeze, and I don't really want other people watching her for 8-10 hours while I'm working yet. I know she'd be fine, but she seems so young to be away from me that much. Cameron didn't go to fulltime daycare until he was about 15 weeks old because of my mom helping and a vacation we took. I know every kid is different, but this is a harder decision than I thought it would be.

Comment from Kitten90 » Posted Sep. 1, 2015 8:48pm
The first couple months are so rough! I had PPD really bad with my first, and have been suffering with depression through this whole pregnancy so I'm guessing I'll probably have PPD again. I'm a stay at home mom and I'm really contemplating finding a part time job after I have this baby. I'm going nuts just being home with my one child right now so I don't even want to think about being here with two of them allllll the time.


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