!New moms
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agk's phlog
20 July 2021 @ 0026
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written on OnePlus 2 in bed
with my baby and my spouse
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My first daughter was born last week after 38
hours of labor. She was over 8 lb and healthy,
with long feet and fingers and a full head of
hair. In addition to Evy and me, 4 other people
were in our bedroom for the last hour of pushing.
She looks like me and acts like Evy.
We held her awkwardly at first, staring in awe.
We sent home Evy's overly anxious mother, broke
bedrest a little, and learned stuff together. We
enjoyed dinners Faith and Evy's mom prepped,
changed bloody pads often, leaked so much breast
milk, and ate breakfast in bed I made the way we
like, with paprika and parsley on the eggs.
Brother-in-law and Cassie came over for cards and
mah jongg. They drank pots of jin jun mei tea.
Evy's mom held baby. I studied with baby suckling
my breast then asleep in the basket. We drove to
the store for rye bread and sauerkraut with baby
in her car seat for the first time. I hung
diapers on the backyard clothes line with a fan
blowing bugs away from her.
Faith got home to her husband tonight after
driving two days. She missed him a lot while she
was with us. Since everyone left, our days have
been full of quiet, love, learning, and new and
old routine. The baby is curious, joyous, even-
tempered, ruddy, and she makes excellent little
old man faces. We are so in love, so grateful,
and sleeping as much as we can.
