Back at home!

I'm taking the opportunity to write a little something since Noah is asleep, there is not much time between the feeding.
We are back home, got discharged on Tuesday, late evening. We were welcome to stay another night or two but as the milk hadn't come yet and I was so tired, I thought the best was to be at home in a relaxing environment to await the arrival of milk. Due to my excessive blood loss (1.6 litres) and fever spikes I was told that the milk may be slightly delayed. I suspected that after having a total of only 4 hours since Thursday night also contributed to the delay. So we checked out!
We came home at 11 pm. What a lovely feeling to carry Noah over the doorstep and to introduce him to our home. Shawn and Noah cuddled up, I had a long shower and then we hit the sack. At 2 am my breast were like ballons and there was no stop to the flow- Noah was in heaven! And personally I felt quite pleased that I had trusted my instinct, that sometimes you just need your loved ones around you to get things working...

I took the time to read Shawn's posts on our blog, and I don't have much to add really. Both of us were 'a bit' stunned by the whole experience, what a thrill to become a parent! That we had planned to have a labour in a friendly Birth Centre and ended up in a Intensive Care Unit is not really that bad after all. We had great care at the hospital and everyone was very lovely and I don't feel upset about not having a 'drug free' birth. If all goes well, a drug free birth is of course the optimal, however, you need to keep an open mind in case things go wrong...Drugs or not, in the end, Noah was born and he is snoozing away in our sofa right now, and that's all that matters. How lovely to have a healthy little child snuggling up with us here at home! I look at him and can't believe that he is ours!! I can't understand that he was in my belly up to just a few days ago...

We have of course taken more photos of Noah, but our digital camera broke down the other days, so we have to develop photos from another camera which holds regular film before we can post any on the blog.

Noah is healing quickly and the damage that was done by the blades of the forceps will heal up and there will be no scarring. He is still a bit taken by the birth and also has some swelling on the back of his head that causes headache but he seems to be more alert now, especially after the milk supply began. He has started to put on weight which is excellent news and the nurses that did the home visit today said he is looking very well.

Quickly regarding my health- I'm recovering well. The reason for the blood loss was a bleed in the uterus that suddenly occured directly after Noah was delivered. I'm still a bit weak but am eating iron tablets so in a few weeks I shouldn't feel as dizzy and tired. No more fever but still on antibiotics and anti inflammatory tablets. The cut is healing fine and in a week I should be able to get around as usual. I'm feeling very happy and can't wait to learn more about motherhood!