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RE: Good luck tomorrow, Iggy!!

luckylamb — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:55:48 GMT

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your little girl is gorgeous and thank you for posting the pics and birth story. Happy for you that everything went well with the birth but sorry to hear about your grandfather passing away.
Hope you won't be too emotionally exhausted by the sad news on top of being physically exhausted with the childbirth and newborn stage.
Good luck.

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Chickla — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:38:13 GMT

wow, what a beautiful girl you have there iggy, she is soooooo adorable.

I am so happy all went with with the birth, best of all you didnt feel a thing!

I am so sorry about your loss, what a hard time for you to be going through right now so close to your daughters birth and while your still recovering from the surgery.

My thoughts and prayers are with you all and God bless your beautiful little girl..

xox

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novalt — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:48:10 GMT

Congratulations! She's so beautiful and I love her name. I'm very sorry to hear about your grandfather as well. I can't even imagine how overwhelmed you must be and admire your strength. My thoughts are with you and your family.

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Kat33 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:01:56 GMT

Congratulations! Your little girl is beautiful! I'm also very sorry to hear about your loss. You must be going through many different emotions at this time.

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BellzBride — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:50:37 GMT

Congratulations on your beautiful, little girl! I'm so sorry to hear about your grandpa. I send out my condolences to you and your family.

This is truly an example of the circle of life. When one life ends, another one begins. I'm sure he is watching over you and Rachel from heaven... <3

(((hugs)))

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chantsy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:23:16 GMT

Oh my, such an emotional time for you! I'm so very sorry for your loss. I did enjoy reading your birth story though and agree with everyone that your daughter is so precious! Congrats!

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tropibride — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:32:17 GMT

Sorry to hear about your grandpa. Your daughter is absolutely beautiful!! Congratulations!

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snowydi — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:20:04 GMT

Congrats on your little Angel she is adorable. I am sure your grandpa is keeping a close eye on you both ;-) Stay strong.

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unionstation — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:01:44 GMT

Best of luck!!!!!:D

Christina:D

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marchbride — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:46:01 GMT

Oh my goodness..

First of all your daughter is amazingly beautiful! Congratulations..She couldn't be more perfect!

But I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandfather.....

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erinMD — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:58:32 GMT

congrats ~ she's lovely! and I think it is wonderful that you went into labour on your own...so nature took its course & your baby chose her birthday!

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Boxall06 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:10:00 GMT

Iggy, your daughter is beautiful. Looks like our girls both wanted to come early!! She is too cute. I am glad to hear bf is going well. Hopefully she will get used to the crib so you and DH get your bed back!! So happy to hear you are recovering well from the c-section.

I am so sorry to hear about your grandpa. I can't imagine everything you are going through. We are all here for you.

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Cornpops — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:52:02 GMT

First off, you have a beautiful little girl, glad you're on your way to recovering the c-section. next....oh wow, I'm thinking and praying for you during this extremely emotional time. I'm sorry to hear about your Grandpa's passing when you've just begun on this amazing exciting journey of motherhood. Let people help you out as much as they can. Take care and enjoy getting to know your baby.

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amanda222 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:13:16 GMT

Congratulations on your beautiful little girl - guess she came on her own schedule, eh?

Sorry to hear about your loss as well - I can't even imagine what an emotional time this must be for you right now. Take care of yourself.

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fascha — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:23:02 GMT

Iggy she's absolutely beautiful!!!!

I'm so sorry to hear about your grandpa passing it must be incredibly difficult to go through all of the emotions of being a new mom while greiving his loss.

I am thinking about you!!!

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eeklrb — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:43:37 GMT

So sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself.

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akeemah — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:19:42 GMT

Iggy, I'm really sorry for your loss, take the time to grieve, even if it is around the baby, you need to ride your emotions out, as out of whack as they may be right now (I was a mess for about a week after my daughter was born, so I couldn't even imagine dealing with something that huge on top of the hormonal rollercoaster).

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MrsMtobe — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:24:32 GMT

oh Iggy, I'm so sorry to hear about your grandfather. My condolences to you and your family.

I just want to offer a big {{{HUG}}} to you.

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MrsH (AmyLRob) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:59:03 GMT

First of all- congrats on your BEAUTIFUL little girl!! I love her name, and she looks perfect.

Secondly, sorry for your loss. Allow yourself to grieve, but just think of the new angel watching over your family now.

Take care!

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hippiechic — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:32:00 GMT

Iggy, I am sorry to hear about your grandfather. That is definitely difficult to deal with, especially right now.

I agree with what others have said and just let yourself feel all the emotions of the grieving process.

Hugs to you.

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ChantalC — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:15:03 GMT

Oh Iggy, I'm so sorry about your grandfather. Your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. Allow yourself to grieve now, because if you don't it'll come out later and you won't be ready for it.

With all the weird hormonal changes you'll go through after giving birth, just allow yourself to feel what you feel. Rachael certainly won't know the difference right now, so please allow yourself to go through the normal stages of grief. :)

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OctBride17 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:08:54 GMT

Congrats on your beautiful little girl. Good to hear that you are healing well.

I also wanted to say that I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your grandfather. My heartfelt condolences to you and your family.

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Joule5 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:27:02 GMT

[quote][b]igottajlo (7/6/2008)[/b][hr]Unfortunately he didn't get a chance to meet her ... there's a BBQ at his lodge next week and we were going to go then ... that part makes me really sad as well.

So this week will be really tough ... my hormones are already out of whack so I'm having really good moments and sometimes I just lose control crying. But I try not to lose control around Rachael ... I want my time with her to be a happy time.

Anyhoo, I'm going to nap .... Crys, thanks for the suggestion about the crib. We're going to try that this afternoon. Hopefully it works because we don't want to be sleeping on the couches that long LOL[/quote]

I had some problems with BF and I remember crying for nothing thanks to the hormones so I think it's all normal at the beginning! I still cry sometimes, but happy tears... when my lo is all cuddled up in my arms and sleeps peacefully and looks so happy and well, I just look at her and think about the miracle that she is... and cry!

For the sleeping think, we got a playard, a Pack 'n Play from Graco, and put it in our bedroom and that's where she sleeps at night. During the day, I try to have her sleep in her room so that she also gets used to her bed. We plan to make her sleep in her own room at night in a couple of months. For now I like having her close by and hear her breathing. It's very reassuring for mommy!

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igottajlo — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:21:03 GMT

Unfortunately he didn't get a chance to meet her ... there's a BBQ at his lodge next week and we were going to go then ... that part makes me really sad as well.

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Joule5 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:19:16 GMT

Congrats!!! You baby girl is such a doll!

I'm sorry for your loss... you must be feeling very emotional with all the post-partum hormones, the birth and the passing of your grandpa. As sad as this is, you have your lo to cheer you up.

Take care

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navywife2b — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:12:57 GMT

Congrats on your beautiful baby girl:D I am so sorry about the loss of your grandfather and that some of the joy has been overshadowed by sorrow. Did he get a chance to meet your daughter?

cant wait to see more pics of the little bundle, enjoy her

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crysandjim — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:08:01 GMT

sorry for your loss :(

about the sleeping in the crib:

I put Tessa in her crib for all of her naps, and she was in teh bassinet at night. I found this worked great, as she was used to the crib and it was an easy transition when she was out of the bassinet

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kiwi25 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:51:06 GMT

Iggy, I am so very sorry to hear about your grandpa! You must be dealing with a million emotions on top of adjusting to life as a new mom, and I'm sure it can't be easy for you. My thoughts are with your family.

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cheers — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:50:38 GMT

First of all, congratulations on your baby girl! I'm glad to hear that everything went well for both you and your lo.

Secondly, sorry to hear about your grandpa's passing. It must be very hard to concentrate on just about anything right now. Your little one has a new guardian angel watching over her.

Take care of yourself. And like you said, try and distract yourself as much as you can. We are always here if you need to chat or a shoulder to lean on.

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igottajlo — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:37:48 GMT

*** WARNING ......... LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ***

As for me! The section went well (as far as I know!) :) The spinal made me REALLY itchy so they gave me some benaryl which caused me to be real drowsy .... but oh well! It helped!

I was up and moving (walked about 30 feet) after 8 hours. It was really hard to take those first few steps but slowly but surely they got easier. They took the cathader out after 24 hours and that was glorious! It was really uncomfortable to try and get up and move with so having it out was great!

Thursday I went for a long walk which was a bad idea ... they were a little late (30 minutes) getting me my pain medication so I was in so much pain. But I didn't sleep at all during the day which didn't help.

Friday was a great day. DH went home in the afternoon to have a nap, do some laundry, and went and played ball just to get a break since he was having to always get up with her and change her bum, etc. since I wasn't able. So my mom came up and spent the afternoon / evening with me.

We came home yesterday which was great! :) Rachael HATES the carseat but she didn't wake up until we were almost home. We tried to put her in her crib last night but she decided she wanted to eat every 45 minutes - 1 hour from 10:30 pm - 2:00 am. So we decided to sleep on the couches and she slept in her bassinet. We're going to try having her sleep in her crib a little during the day to try and get her used to it. My incision is healing nicely ... got some nice bruising from where they clamped me open but it's starting to go away. My bleeding is soooo minimal which is lovely! And my milk came in ... yeah didn't even know it was in ... until my boobs felt like cement BLOCKS! LOL WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW ............ :)

I also found out that my grandpa passed away yesterday. He had a heart attack at home and when my mom got there (my parents are literally right next door) and she started to give him CPR and when the paramedics came he was already gone. So needless to say I'm extremely emotional ... this week is going to be realllllllly tough .... as DH is back to work on Wednesday and likely won't be able to attend the funeral with me. I'm just so lost ..... I'm worried about my grandma because she doesn't drive and my pa did everything pretty much ... I'm worried about my dad since my pa helped out so much around the farm still (he was on his way to bale hay when it happened ... farming 'til the end!) And I just feel guilty feeling so sad when I should be so happy! I just can't believe he's gone ...... I just saw him last Sunday and he looked fine ... I dunno ... I'm hoping to have lots of company to help distract me ... the baby is helping ... it's just when I put her down I get really sad ....

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alligap — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:22:48 GMT

congrats ash!!! She is absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!! so glad that everything went so perfectly. ~ Alli xoxo

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flyboysgrl — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:03:06 GMT

She looks perfect! Congrats to you and DH!

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beaniebaby — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:56:59 GMT

Congrats Iggy! I had no idea you updated in this thread.. I was still waiting LOLOLOL

She's beautiful!

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chrisdann — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:28:03 GMT

Congrats Iggy...she is gorgeous.

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june07girl — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:33:08 GMT

Congratulations Iggy!! I love her name, just beautiful! Glad you are home with your little one. :) :)

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Wojo-B — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:27:47 GMT

Congratulations Iggy, she's beautiful!

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saraht76 — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:07:31 GMT

Congratulations. She is gorgeous!!!

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ColieW — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:26:58 GMT

congrats! shes cute!!

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MandaS — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:13:08 GMT

Congratulations Iggy! She is gorgeous! Can't wait to see more pictures of your little bundle of joy!

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akeemah — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:02:08 GMT

Congrats Iggy! She's gorgeous!! I'm glad everything went so well.