Hello everyone and welcome back to our blog! Things here have been as hectic as ever! To speed ya up on the going on's I'll start with my health. Last weekend ended with a trip to the emergency room after starting to get very unusual headaches. I know it seems weird to go to the emergency room for a headache, but these one sided wonders had me stumped and the on call nurse I spoke too seemed concerned enough to tell me to go. So after 4 and 1/2 hours at the hospital and one cat scan the doctor told me - "Well you might be developing migranes, we'll just have to wait and see," - oh geez! So then I had my 6 week, postpartum check up on Friday and talked to my ever sympathetic doctor - and once again I am stumping the medical world! Her theory is that everything is still hormon related - to be more specific she thinks the lack of estrogen in my body is the cause (as she had a very similar experience as me when she had babies). So then what can fix low estrogen levels? Stop breastfeeding - not an option yet. I'm too attached to our time together when he feeds and to me the idea of formula feeding is not one I am comfortable with yet. Plus there is no way to garuntee that is what is causing my problems, so if I did stop and the headaches continued then I'd be SOL and it would break my heart! So then we moved onto my blood pressure, which has started to go down on the medicine (knock on wood) and now I get a trial run of coming off of it! Yea!!! If it spikes back up or if my breast pain returns then I must get back on it (she's thinking the breast pain is a vascular problem known as Raynaud's syndrome of the nipple which this blood pressure medicine helps) - so PLEASE send us prayers that the blood pressure and pain all go down!!! Besides that everything is looking good, I've healed up, I'm on something known as a mini birth control pill(progesterone only) now and I have a reference for a great headache doctor and David's getting me a good reference for a chiropractor - we're trying really hard to fix me!!! =0)
A lot is going on in Aiden's world as well! At his last doctors appointment he weighed 10lbs, 2 oz and he continues to grow, grow, grow! His week, this week, was filled with all sorts of firsts! For example, he smiled for the first time on purpose this week - no it wasn't gas, a couple of real smiles for mommy! Then there are the new cooing noises he's making, I love hearing him play with his voice! Oh and the best was yesterday, as to our surprise we watched our little man turn himself over several times. The first time it happend we wrote it off as pure accident, but then the next 4 were hard to deny - this kid is sooo smart (it's a task that babies don't usually do until 3 months of age) and does things very much on his own time! And even if he doesn't do it again until he's 3 months- who cares - it's going in the baby books that he first did it on purpose at 6 and 1/2 weeks!
Beyond that we have a special thanks to give to Jessica White (Brooke's sister) because we've found a book that really seems to be helping us a lot, as by her recommendation! It's called Baby Wise and in it shows suggestions for how to put babies on a kind of flexible schedule so they sleep better through the night, because of their day patterns. Pretty much it teaches you how to make a content, healthy baby and a content, healthy mom by letting each be on a sort of schedule that allows both of us to know what to expect from each other. To be honest I feel like it has made a world of difference for all of us! To add to it we are also very much enjoying our snugglers baby class and baby groups that we are going to. I love the fact that we are making friends and really hope that these are some of the children he will grow up knowing - it's a lot of fun!
David is also doing well - he constantly surprises me how understanding and supportive he is with me as I go through all of this. He keeps reminding me that everything will work itself out health wise and has really been such a help. It's so sweet seeing how excited he is to see us when he comes home and even gives me some time to myself each night where he takes Aiden so that I get "me" time. Aiden is really taken by him as well. His gaze always turns to David when he hears his voice and he just can't seem to get enough of daddy! =0) They really are two peas in a pod!
Well thanks again for checking in on us, please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we're working on getting healthy! We love and miss you all and can't wait to see you (we'll be home in about 4 weeks)! =0)
