The Princess Has Arrived!!!! After months and months of waiting, my little Princess has arrived! She is teeny tiny at 6lbs 13 oz and 19.25" long. She was born on August 15th at 12:40 AM after a speedy and fabulous delivery. So here's the story of her arrival.... I spent the day babysitting a 3 year old and hanging out with Debbie and her children. By late afternoon I had started some contractions. I figured they were nothing since I had been having equal contractions for weeks and just ignored them for a while. Since we had so many kids over we decided to go ahead and have some pizza for dinner. While we were eating the contractions continued to be fairly regular and I told Angel I think we may be having a baby that night. His response was "but I have a meeting in the morning!" I still wasn't completely sure I was really in labor and convinced Debbie to walk to Roy Rogers with me for a chocolate milkshake. That's whne I became a little more convinced it really was beginning labor. As we walked the contractions gained a little intensity and became pretty fast. I didn't fill Debbie in until we were on our way back home. I began tellling her each time I had a contraction and she realized they were really really close together. By the time we made it home the contractions were getting intense but once I stopped walking they weren't as rapid. Angel took Ethan for me and I took a shower (it was a hot and sticky walk) Debbie hung out until Oscar got here to make sure someone was here for Ethan when we went to the hospital. I wasn't convinced the contractions were strong & fast enough to go to the hospital just yet so I cleaned some things around the house and processed my Avon order. I was personally amazed how calm I was this time. I wasn't scared (ok not at this point) and didn't panic at all! (I am known to have panic attacks) I was dying of thirst and drank several glasses of water before realizing I was probably filling my bladder too much and stopped myself. After a while I figured we should get going since my midwife had told me the labor would be fast.
As I rocked Little Man to sleep today I realized how different it is going to be having two children here. I have been so anxious and selfish wanting my body back and wanting this birth tho happen I haven't taken the time to cherish my alone time with Little Man. As he lay snoring sitting on my pregnant belly with his arms wrapped around my neck its just hit me how much I love being with him. Sure I knew I love spending time with him, but just holding him like that and then imagining how it will be with two. We are aware he is going to be jealous having to share his family and home with a new creature. We never really put much thought into how much it will change our time with him however. I mean when he needs to go down for his naps I'm not sure how I will manage trying to rock two. I'm sure we will manage, but it will be different. There will be two sets of arms trying to hug, two creatures snoring, and two mouths drooling instead of one.
So I was just holding him contemplating how precious these last few days are. To spend time one on one with him and to hold him exactly how he likes. To rock him uninterrupted, to hold him as he sleeps and to enjoy just being his mommy.
I am so looking forward to having the Princess arrive while I should be here cherishing these times with him alone. I hope he copes well with her arrival and I will definitely try my hardest to make sure he still gets mommy time alone. Until then I think I will just hold him and love him as much as I can before I have another precious creature who needs tended to.
So here we are at 39 weeks! When will the Little Princess arrive? Hopefully soon! She has dropped (a week ago) so that she feels like she is already half out. Not a pleasant feeling!
I am ready to be finished with this pregnancy but evidently she is not. Oh Well, I should enjoy this pregnant belly while it lasts since we won't be doing this again.
So the pouch I bought on eBay is wonderful! I absolutely love it! I just need an infant to put in it now. Of course Little Man loves it too, but I bought it for the princess! I'm going to try making a couple pouch slings and see how they turn out. They seem fairly simple and perhaps I can sell a few. The things are way over priced by the big companies!
On a completely different tangent, Avon sales are picking up! I have a few new customers. Hooray! I've been really trying hard to build a stronger customer base and its finally paying off ever so slightly. I just wish I could get sales up enough to be in a higher commission bracket as well. And just in case you need a link--- my Avon website is www.youravon.com/marias. Even people out of state can order there and have items shipped directly to their houses! I'm also getting back into candle making. Very slowly, but I'm getting there. I'm trying to get some candle molds on eBay for super cheap so I can get started. Last time I was making candles it turned out to be quite pricey buying the molds and everything I needed for some basic candles. So I'm shopping online this time to save some mula. To whom I will sell is still a question, but I will burn that bridge when I get there. Perhaps when it cools off I can make some little candles and put them in with my Avon books and orders so people get to try them and see how wonderful they are!Ok back to the baby issue- (I know I'm all over the place today!) I think her name will be Lily Ana Marcell. With Lily Ana as her first name. I was thinking Liliana as her first name but for some reason I like it better as two seperated. We'll see what happens when I hold her in my arms. Little Man has been sick with a little cold this week, so its really probably best she isn't here yet. I would hate to have a baby and bring her home to a house with sicky germs floating around! Well I have things to do today and I'm not doing them sitting here rambling on and on.
Oh no! Look Mom it's a breast! So what's the big deal? A breast is intended for nursing. I mean jeez, that's why we have them right? So why is it such a big deal to show a baby nursing on a magazine cover? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/28/national/main1844454.shtmlHow many times do you stand in the checkout line and see covers of magazines with practically (and sometimes completely) naked women with their nipples just barely covered? And no one thinks twice since its being displayed in a sexual way. But heaven forbid someone show it being used as its intended! Is it crude when women wear clothing with their breasts hanging out? Why does society encourage showing them only in a sexual way? It just doesn't add up for me.
It seems to be in our society breasts are made to be sexual objects while in reality they are intended to be functional. If we didn't hide them all the time and act as if they are taboo, people would be less freaked out when they see a mother nursing her child.
I think people need to just get over it and accept nursing as a natural and beneficial parenting choice. I'm not saying everyone should or has to do it, just that its the way things are supposed to be and there is no need to make such a huge deal over it. What would all of these nay-sayers have done a hundred years ago when there was no such thing as formula? Ok I'll end my little rant for now and leave you with another link....http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/02/national/main1773867.shtml
