Our permanent company arrives

After 14 hours of contractions, 1.5 hours of really strong contractions and 20 minutes of pushing, Hannah Taylor entered the world on August 12 (right on time...1 day before her due date).  Labor is a truly physical activity and I cannot begin to imagine how someone does it when they don't exercise for the whole 9 months.  For 12 hours after delivery, my legs felt shaky and weak as if I had done a strenuous workout (which I guess I did)!

For the first 2 weeks I didn't even care to find time to leave the house. I got out for maybe 1 walk, but I was just loving every moment of being Hannah's mom.  It is also hard being her food source, to be away from her for any period of time, being she doesn't have a routine.

By the end of the third week, I was feeling the need to move.  I found time for a walk (20-30minutes) on most days.  I wasn't feeling guilty leaving because I knew she was well taken care of by her daddy AND I now always leave at least 3oz of pumped breast milk in the fridge.  It allows me to leave Hannah without stressing and it gives her daddy a chance to feed her too!