Baby Update:
Travis has hit the one month mark today. These last 4 weeks went by way too quick. He weighs just a little over 7lbs and is still 19¾ inches. Life has been really good for all of us. The first few weeks were a little hard adjusting too and we still haven’t fully adjusted. Waking up every 3 hours for feedings is NOT fun and certainly not something I want to do for much longer.
Travis has been breastfeeding and has not been given any formula nor do I intend too. I don’t have anything against formula it is just a personal preference. If I can feed my baby then why use anything else, plus the bond we have made has been truly amazing. It has certainly not been easy and definitely a learning process for all of us. Travis was so small that taking the breast was too hard for his little mouth in the beginning. We did find a solution, a lovely little thing called a breast shield. It has been a life saver for us. I was sad at first thinking that we would not be able to make it work but the first time with the shield he latched right on. It gave him the extra length he needed with his teeny mouth and the patience I needed to relax.
Travis loves falling asleep on my chest and it seems to be the best way to comfort him. He is a wonderful baby so far; he seems to only cry when he is hungry or needs to be changed. He tells us when his diaper is wet and then his little so-called baby radar says diaper is New, now lets dirty it up again. It is almost like clock work. Just something we noticed. He is not to alert just yet, but every once in a while he will look up at me with those beautiful baby blues and I melt. I love being a mommy!
Mommy Update: 151 lbs
I am doing really well. The first few nights, well they were rough. Lets put it this way, sneezing and coughing was BAD. I would say probably around the second day it go bearable but still hurt. I refused to take any of the pain meds they offered because they just mess me up too bad, but I did however enjoy and few nights on sleep mediation.On 
One night the nurse came in to weigh me and I told her to stop spinning the bed and something about being at the circus. I have no idea, she told me this the next morning. I am working on getting this baby weight off and I have successfully lost 33lbs. I know that seems like a crazy amount but the Dr said most of my weight was water and the rest baby and placenta. So take 6lbs for baby, 12 for placenta, and 15lbs of water, crazy stuff. The first night at the hospital I had only lost 3 lbs and I couldn’t understand how that was possible. It was not until they took me off all of my IV fluids and medication on 8/30 until I started loosing the weight and then it literally started falling off. I lost 6lbs the first night, 9lbs the second and so on. The nurses would come in to weigh me every morning at 4, which was pretty crazy. They had to do this because they were measuring the amount of water I was loosing. I was peeing so much, it was insane. My goal is 135, so I have a little ways to go. The Dr told me I still need to take it easy for a few more weeks. If it was up to me I would be working to get this weight off right now. I don’t know what it is, but I hate having weight on me. I understand I just had a baby but I don’t feel like myself right now. I am going to have to work so hard to get back to wedding day Mandy but I will do it.
My blood pressure is still a little high so they are putting me on medication to lower it. I’ve never had high blood pressure before but that was one of the preeclampsia symptoms and my un-pregnant body doesn’t know how to handle it. The doctor said it should only be a few weeks until I will be back to normal again. I am SO looking forward to feeling good again; it has been a long year.
Daddy Update:
Ben is the greatest husband and father a women could ask for. He is so amazing with Travis. I think it is so funny how we go into parenthood not knowing anything about anything. Everyday we learn more and more. I love sharing all these moments with him. Ben has been our sole provider for these last few months and has been working so hard. I am so proud of you honey, you do amazing things for our little family. I LOVE YOU and THANK YOU!