day 6

Cara our doula

We had our second midwife visit today and Oliver has put on 180g in a day! so we are doing well and he is obviously getting enough breastmilk. Cara our doula came and visited today to debrief and meet Oliver, she didn't get to meet him at the hospital. I had such a long labour and then the Cesarian and she was there with us from around 6ish on sat right up till I got back to my room after recovery around 7am on Sunday morning, we are just so blessed to have had her support throughout my pregnancy and at the birth of our son. I had all the resources I needed to be informed so when things got out of control and my birth preferences went out the window I had an understanding of what & why and because of that although I ended up with a birth very different to what I had hoped I don't feel disappointed. All that matters is that I have a healthy son everything else is insignificant. He has been quite unsettled today, but I did manage to get a few hours sleep this afternoon when he finally dozed off. He has been wanting to feed constantly and wont settle when put down which makes it impossible to get anything done. I really don't want to give him a dummy & we have done well so far without but I am going to get one for during the early hours of the morning when he just won't settle as my boobs do need a bit of a break.