The nurse just visited to weigh the littlest one and check how she’s doing. She weighed in at a whopping 4580 g (10 lbs 2 oz), up from 4060 g (9 lbs) a week ago, which prompted the nurse to remark that apparently my milk is all cream. Yeah, well, the littlest one has beenRead more
My birthday passed pretty uneventfully. My mom and grandmother both visited in the afternoon and aside from that I tried (mostly unsuccessfully) to nap. A handful of pictures got taken:Read more
Yup, I’m 36 years old today! My presents so far is my doctor removing the second of three blood pressure meds (only Darin remains) and giving me hope that I’ll be drug-free in 1-2 weeks – and breakfast in bed (which, to be fair, has become standard with Finnur still home and my bum leftRead more
We changed the sheets on our big bed, so the wee one test drove her own bed for a little while.Read more
We heard from one of the midwives at the hospital that the hospital is designed to accommodate about 2000 births per year, but in fact handles closer to 3000 births per year. They make it work by letting people go home the same day or the day after the birth, and then have midwives visitRead more
[Written 26 February 2013] Anna and Ms. Bambino during one Sunday evening:Read more
[Written 26 February 2013]
Just a few pictures from this past Saturday:
Three pajama-clad kids.
This Friday was a pretty hectic one. We began by going to the health center to get an ‘official’ blood pressure reading, but then ended up calling the hospital to talk to a familiar doctor there and get permission to halve the dose of one of my two remaining medications. Then I left Finnur and Anna (on winter break) alone with Ms. Bambino while the physio continued working on my leg, which is finally showing a small will to live again. All survived the lack of boobs, but it was close. Pétur and Signý came by in the afternoon, and in the evening Ms. Bambino got her first bath!
The around-midnight awake-time was used to give Ms. Bambino her first bath. And no, they never ‘cleaned’ her at the hospital, just plonked her on my chest and that was it. (We spent the next few days plucking dried blood out of her hair… 🙂 ) This was her first time in the bathroom, so she was busy looking around.
Thursday was spent recovering from Wednesday which had two outings: 1) to the hospital to get blood pressure reading and subsequently be taken off of one of three medications, 2) go to new physio therapist to attempt to fix my still non-functioning left leg. We did get a couple of visits at the end ofRead more