One year postpartum check in.
It's almost been a year since Capri has been born. So I would say I MADE IT. Postpartum has been such an experience, but I must say from what I have heard or read I didn't go through it ALL but I did go through what is really expected after birth. EMOTIONS - I would say since I was really sick during my pregnancy, I had missed so much of what was happening in the world for nine whole months, that I feel that my body was just ready to get out and go once I had Capri. If you knew my type of person I was before, I was always on the go and I wouldn't stop. Once I was pregnant I couldn't do much as from my previous post I was super sick ALL THE TIME. So with that I think I was just ready to get going again and I was out and about day two of giving birth to Capri. I did feel my emotions did hit me though around month one (Connor and my mom going back to work) and me really figuring out this new life I would have to create for myself and Capri. I'm not going to lie sometimes I sat there thinking of the worst case scenarios that could happen but you just get through them! It's as simple as that. You can do it. I remember waking up one morning saying I have to start somewhere and I just picked up and gave myself a routine. Capri was so easy at adjusting to my life and what I was doing. For example If i had an appt for myself at 10 : 00 am Capri would go with the flow she would come with me, not make a sound and easily sit in the car seat patiently waiting or sleeping. It really helped having her adjust so quickly and easily.
A week after Capri was born I obviously felt in pain due to stitches and when your milk comes in its pretty painful ( didn't expect this to be so painful also takes about 10 days for milk to actually come in) I remember not being able to sleep as your whole body feels as if your fighting the flu. I had nigh sweats, day sweats, aches pains and chills for an entire day. The next day I actually felt so much better and once my milk came in Capri latched better which helped SO MUCH.
About two months after birth I was already starting to feel great, no pain, Capri was an easy baby from the start and let me sleep my nights. She wouldn't really be fussy and if she did do the night time wake ups it wasn't a constant cry. When Capri was 3 months we transitioned her into her crib and she stopped waking up for her night time feeds and slept till about 7:-00 am.
Baby weight loss came off easy as they say breastfeeding helps, and I did try and maintain a good routine with eating healthy, walking daily, and I started to work out as much as my body told me I could. I also made such I dedicated myself to stick to a plan and follow it also allowing me to not forget about myself and to take care of myself too. Around 8 months was when I noticed I had the postpartum hair loss. Pregnancy gives you such beautiful hair, full hair, thick hair, and for me I felt I had no bad hair days. When my hair started to fall out, it fell out in the worst areas which was the front of my hair! Since I have short hair it was more noticeable. I had no idea what to do. I started to take more daily vitamins, and used lots of hair products my favorite one was (castrol oil) which I HIGHLY recommend for any hair growth you may need (eyelash, eyebrow etc ) Now around 11 months I have finally noticed my hair growing back but obviously it's super annoying because my baby hairs are so short that my hair sticks up! Thank goodness for bobby pins and hairspray!!
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