My life
Well, ever since Aunty Ann left on the 4th July.... my life has been on a roller coaster ride. Really, it's no joke and no fun to take care of an infant 24/7. I can't complain much cz' I have been very thankful to have abundant help and attention showered upon. CC, Aunty Ann, my maid, my parents and CC's family. Everyone is all so eager to help and it kind of give me the warmth and encouragement which I needed at this moment.
Seriously, even with the much needed attention from my loved ones, I still feel a tint of hormonal blue now and then. Why hormonal blue? Cz' it's something we cannot control as it's from the pregnancy hormones. The feeling is analogous to one taking a roller coaster ride.... u know, the " sinking" feeling when the ride is going down hill.
Luckily, I have kind of gain some control over how I feel each time the hormones strike. I tell myself I am feeling this way not cz' I am unhappy, but cz' I am at the mercy of the hormones still. My gaene told me it will take around 3-6 months for the hormones to clear. I am counting down.
Well, on the whole, life is pretty back to normal after 1.5 months. I am getting used to the night routine of waking up every 2 hours for Jelly Bean night feed.Though I am still looking forward to the time when she would cut down on the waking hours.
On the weight loss side, things look good. For the first month, I lost a total of 8 kgs, including the water retention. Subsequent weeks, from BF, around 500g per week. I am definitely looking forward to hitting back my M-size clothes in 6 months' time, if I do not give in to my gluttony with food. Yup, for vanity and health sake, I will try not to, or rather, I will not !
Great ! Now that I am slowly adjusting to life with a second child, I am looking forward to doing things I used to enjoy.......shopping after dropping Nutty Gal off school, drinking tea at Ikano Ikea, book scraping and of course, blogging.
posted by sunshinensunflower at 4:11 PM
6 Comments:
Hey, hang on there... the blues will go off very soon... I had my portion of hormonal blues then, just kept crying with no triggering incidences. Frightened my MIL and hubby, told them I have to cry without them overly concern. If not, I will get stress over making them stress. Thank God, the blues didn't last long.
Ya, hormonal withdrawal happens to every mother. I remember feeling helpless out of sudden on the third day after delivery and cried buckets.....
You are doing great, pal! It's not as easy being a full time mother as some people think. You are a great inspiration to many! Hang in there! =))
I know you are one strong woman and that this is just another hurdle in your life. You know , I know that we are just an sms away! :-)
Will eating chocolates help? it's supposed to be a 'feel good' food. :)
CC's buddy bought a whole stack of chocolate for me and yes..... I ate it down. Feel good only for a moment, and when the hormones flood back, the sinking feeling is back.
But I try not to bother about it each time it strikes.... and it will go, in just a split second or so.
Yup.... thanks goodness there is the invention of the sms channel these days. Life is so much more in contact with the human kind with it ;-)
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