Oh boy, what a month!

May is always so busy, even without the excitement of adding a new baby to the family.

We started the month with the Home Depot workshop and the chaos continued from there.

I had several high-risk appointments and regular OB appointments during the first week of the month. Ah, the perks of being at the end of pregnancy.

At the OB appointment, we discussed the next steps. After doing the calculations based on my stats, my doctor came to the conclusion that trying to have a VBAC only had a 25% chance of being successful. That was disappointing news, but not entirely surprising as the high-risk provider measured Baby Girl likely to be 8lbs 2oz at birth.

So we opted to schedule another c section to avoid the complications and be a more controlled birth. It took a couple days to come around to the idea, but ultimately, it was a great relief. We scheduled for May 21.

The following weekend, we got to attend a Savannah Bananas baseball game in Nashville. It was such a fun experience, but there were entirely too many people (70,000 at Nissan Stadium) for my entirely too pregnant body. We had nosebleed seats so I was sure I’d go into labor just climbing all the stairs/ramps.

The next week was the last week of preschool.

We got Little Man’s birthday invites handed out and managed to make it through graduation.

Shortly after graduation wrapped up, I had an OB appointment on post. Unfortunately, my blood pressure was up so I needed to go for some monitoring and testing to check for sudden onset of pre-eclampsia.

The testing showed that my urine was just past the threshold for having too much protein in it (another worrying sign for pre-eclampsia to develop). It wasn’t enough to necessitate an immediate need for action, but…we had to move the c section date up to the following morning.

With a stroke of pure luck, the same surgeon and anesthesiologist who did Little Man’s c section were the ones to do Baby Girl’s as well. It made the whole thing a lot more comfortable for me for sure.

So May 16 at 9:12am, during a nasty thunderstorm, Baby Girl came screaming into this world – literally! She wailed the second the doctor pulled her out and has rarely been quiet since.

While the doctor was stitching me back up, the power went out in the OR. Thankfully, it didn’t take too long for the generator to kick on and the power was restored quickly. Still not as traumatic at Little Man’s birth.

With the surgery falling on a Friday and having to stay until Sunday, the Mister and I had to miss out on Little Man’s Lowes project.

Luckily, Grandad was able to help him build.

What should have been a nice memory was somewhat ruined by another little boy being rude to him. Apparently, the boy thought Little Man was being too loud and got in his face asking why he was being so loud. My poor, tender-hearted boy took that personally and clammed up. From what Nana tells me, the other boy wasn’t reprimanded by his grown-up, which sadly doesn’t surprise me. My mama bear heart still doesn’t appreciate that. But, Little Man is resilient and got over it quickly. Nothing some Chick Fil A couldn’t fix and a trip to the hospital to meet his new sister didn’t hurt either.

The following weeks were a whirlwind of appointments and very little sleep for me. The Mister had to tote us around since I couldn’t lift the car seat (nothing over 10lbs is tough when your newborn is 8lbs worth!). Nana had to take Little Man to speech since I was also restricted from driving.

Baby Girl needed a referral for an ultrasound to check her sacral dimple (didn’t know that was a thing!) and since the nurses couldn’t get a good read on her hearing test, we also needed one for an audiologist. With the ultrasound, we’re running into issues with the doctor’s order, so it’s been a nightmare to get scheduled. The audiologist is able to get us in much sooner, so at least one thing can be checked off my to-do list.

As far as recovery is going, we’re both doing great. My incision has healed nicely and I’m back under my pre-pregnancy weight. Baby Girl has gotten back to and exceeded her birth weight. She has also mastered her latch so we were able to ditch the formula by day 2 (though it has come in handy for those many cluster feeds when I needed a break). At her 2 week check up, she weighed 8lbs 11oz which is a huge jump from the 7lbs 9oz she weighed when she left the hospital.

Establishing a routine has been a challenge and will be even harder when Mom heads home after Little Man’s birthday party. I know we’ll manage, it’s just been a tough transition. Plus, we are still trying to go 1000mph and pack in everything we can, so adjusting to two little people is going to be extra fun.

We managed to get to the Montgomery county fair one night so Little Man could do something special. He enjoyed himself and I was glad to be out of the house even though I am exhausted (and was hurting big time!).

We also snuck in some newborn photos. I’m so anxious to see them – Bri knocked the sets out of the park. They were just perfect! And Baby Girl is a champ for sessions.

June is going to be a bit more low-key. Apart from Little Man’s birthday, I have nothing planned or scheduled other than my 6 week postpartum appointment and Indie’s vet appointment. Oh, and Little Man has swimming lessons the first 2 weeks.

I’m hopeful the weather cooperates for Little Man’s birthday party. We are renting a special bounce house and a handful of his classmates are coming. I really want him to be reminded how special he is since it feels like he’s feeling left out (maybe that’s just me being hard on myself – he’s getting a ton of Nana and Daddy time and doesn’t seem too bothered by his lack of Mommy time).

I’m also hoping to be able to get some of my house in order so we can start packing for our move in July, but that seems so far away and with Baby Girl’s feeding schedule, I’m more than happy just to soak in all the newborn goodness. We’ll see how that pans out…

Until then,