I had a great pregnancy, so the post-partum time was a little unexpected. It took me a good week to get up and walk around and at least another 3 to feel completely normal. I was extremely thankful that the hubby was there 24/7 at the hospital and then had the entire next week off.
We stayed up in the labor and delivery room until almost 8 hours after the girls were born- ate some roasted chicken- and attempted the first round of breast feeding.
The back up Doula, Emily was there for a bit, then our original doula stayed for several hours and assisted with the feeding and chatting about what to expect for the next few days. Even though I had been awake for almost 24 hours, my adrenaline was pumping and it was nice to be fully mobile due to the lack of drugs during the birth. The girls were very alert as well which was pretty cool.
Dave sent about 100 picture text messages out, and we chatted with our families about the experience. My friend Jen was the first to visit us in the hospital and came with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and her good spirits! We don't have any family close by, so it was nice to have the next best thing!
We were transferred down to the Mom and Baby Floor late afternoon. We had a million people coming it at all hours, not visitors, but nurses, technicians, and doctors. I guess it was necessary, but slightly annoying:). I had a whole sequence of things I had to do when I went to the bathroom, which took about 20 minutes each time, also slightly annoying-- OK that was really annoying.
We got dinner 'delivered' from the hospital but then Dave went out and got us some late night eats at one of our favorite places, Geckos in B-more-- Southwest Cobb salad and a Tortilla Burger.. mmmm. The second night we did the same thing and got food from Mick O'Shea's- Bangers and Mash and a Cobb Salad (not nearly as good as the Geckos one).
Babies came on Thursday morning and we were discharged on Saturday afternoon.
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