The Tall and Short of US

When Lincoln was first born it was a little tough. He was a month early so his little body had a hard time keeping a good core temperature.  He also had blood sugar issues and had his poor little foot pricked every 2 hours and dozens of times in the 3 days we were in the hospital. It was scary. They mentioned (felt more like threatening) the NICU over and over again. On top of everything, my biggest struggle was that my milk hadn't come in. I was barely producing colostrum, the beautiful liquid gold that comes in before your milk. Baby's first food. I was grateful I had a little bit of that, but it wasn't enough. My body hadn't gotten the memo. We fought his temperature and blood sugar issues. Thankfully, we were able to give him donor breast milk in a bottle. I am forever grateful that our hospital had that option. I was so, so relieved. Before I fell pregnant, and even while pregnant, I always thought that donating milk would be amazing, but r...

Lincoln Hamilton Graham March 17th, 2015 at 2:12 am 7 pounds and 20 inches long Friends! Our little nugget is almost 5 months old and I'm just now posting his birth story. Oops! Our first week home I decided to record myself talking and telling every little detail of the birth. I'll spare you from having to see my messy hair and tired voice. Trust me, it ain't pretty! But I love that I have a personal record of all the little details from my labor. It is so fun to go back and watch. I thought I would share the first part of our journey the day we became parents! March 16th, 36 weeks along: I had my first cervical check to see how dilated and effaced I was. I had been having Braxton Hicks for months at this point, so I thought nothing of them. I always knew that dilation didn't mean much but effacement was more important when estimating a due date. I was at 4cm and 60% effaced. SIXTY PERCENT! The OB laughed and said "There is NO way you're...