check ups

Hughie and i have both had doctor's appointments lately. Hughie had his 2 week check up and weighed in at 7lbs 1 oz. He regained his birth weight and then some....the breastfeeding is working!! Breastfeeding...that is a whole other subject. - I will just say each day gets a little better. Last week I was backpacking through the amazon of breastfeeding and it was not a pretty site, but this week things have gotten better...not so painful, hughie and I are figuring out our latching, found some comfortable bras (thanks you kelly!!), etc. It is nice to have friends who can relate and give good advice. Today we confronted "pumping" and tonight Devin is going to feed hughie his first bottle. Wish us luck. I will let you know how it goes!

I went in for a 2 week check up to see the midwife that delivered me. Her name is Heather Ramsey and I loved her! Midwives are the way to go!! I went to a group of 5 midwives and saw all of them during my prenatal care. Whoever is "on call" the day you go into labor is who delivers you. Well I lucked out because Heather was awesome. I really had only met her once before my delivery day at a routine appointment, but I was glad it was her on call. She was very calm, even during times of stress (hughie had a nuchal cord and was having some dips in his heart rate). She was a calm presence during my entire labor. She let Devin & I do our thing(devin was an amazing labor coach - I couldn't have asked for a better support - I love you Debo), but was there to direct the labor. She was very confident in my ability to birth this baby. When I was feeling discouraged she would look at me sincerely and with a serious tone say, "You can do this." And I did!!