Over the past few weeks Katie and I have gone through the delivery of a child process - while we haven't yet talked about it, for fear of emotional conquest - I bet we've learned quite a lot about process. Sitting here with her and our beautiful daughter at 3am while Katie breast feeds, the animals scurry and sleep, and I beam with joy, I ask Katie for some topics so that we can track where we've been, in hope of returning to the scene of life changing events.
What points over the past two weeks do we not want to forget?
1) The comforting that we gave to one another.
2) Hearing Mike sing
3) Learning something new together - how to take care of a child
4) Birthing room emotional ups and downs: arrive early, too early, stagnation, "alternative delivery methods..." (of which there is only one) perhaps through the belly button? The tension, the pain of my wife going through, the telling of the parents, looking at my wife the entire time - I can't remember a time I was more focused.
5) The first night home and how much we were looking forward to it - and the subsequent reality.
6) Learning to breastfeed.
7) the few minutes on the couch when we could just be together like old times.
We'll come back to these things... but for now, we're learning about and loving fully Maeve Maryleigh Kalisz Schuler - born 8.24.09, at 8:10 pm, weighing in at 8.12 pounds.
1 comment:
I love the idea of points you don't want to forget. Without penning them, you'd certainly forget some of them. Even the moments that don't turn out as you though will melt your heart later. Love her fully, that little Maeve!
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