The belly, 6 Days after Lily June was born. (Taken July 6th.)

Lily’s first doctor appointment was today. Stan, Grandma Stock and I went.
Age: 5 days old
Weight: 8 lbs 15 ounces (90% percentile)
Length: 21 inches (95% percentile)

Tuesday (July 1st) was the first day of recovery. Monday night with Lily was easy. She was very sleepy from birth and woke up only once. I was able to sleep around 3 hours Monday night. At the hospital Lily and Stan were allowed to sleep with me in the room. This time Stan had his own bed to sleep in instead of the recliner.
I had some trouble trying to breast feed on my own during the night and in the morning I was sore. She had such a strong …

At 6:42pm on Monday I was fully dilated and ready to push. The nurse had me lay flat on my back with legs bent at the knee. My mom helped to hold my left leg and Stan was on my right. At that point Stan’s mom was back and my sister Lynette arrived also. She took my right leg and Stan took my right hand. The first pushes felt awkward and useless. Lynette turned out to be an amazing coach. She counted and told me exactly what to do. I …

By the time morning rolled around I was getting excited. The lack of sleep was not a problem because adrenaline was running. I took a shower which ended up being hard with a heparin lock in my right hand (the one I use most). Contractions were still going strong but they were not regular. They were coming between 7 and 15 minutes apart at that point. They felt like strong back pain and menstral cramps though they didnt hurt as much as I anticipated.
At 10:00am they moved us into the …