Here in New York, there was a news story about a woman who gave birth to a 11 pound, 8 oz baby. Naturally. As in, without any drugs. It was a 16-hour labor.
::shudder::
I was only in labor for about 8 hours with Olivia. But the first three were rough--no drugs. They were ready to send me home because I was only 1 cm after three house but I basically said, "fuck that". I knew the contractions were getting worse and I'd progress quickly. The next hour I was 5cm. The nurse said, "Guess we better get you checking into an L&D room." To which I replied, "Just have the epidural guy meet us in there."
So, any way I can
nurse
a kid without, you know,
having
one?
I just lost 10% of my body weight (17 lbs) and am working on another 10 lbs or so. I am now 152 lbs and 5'4', so not a skinny thing, but I definitely feel better. I going to the doctor today to see if my blood pressure has dropped, one of the reasons for the weight loss. On a more shallow note, I really wanted to lose the weight because I was freaking tired of hating how I looked in or out of clothes, and as a consequence ignoring my body all the time. Fighting body image demons was just taking up way too much of my psychic energy.
I breastfed exclusively for 6 months, but I'm still 6 lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight. Very frustrating!
So, any way I can nurse a kid without, you know, having one?
Yes, but not especially effectively (google adoption and breastfeeding), so I don't know that you'd get the 500 calorie a day burnoff from it. Also, pumping sucks. Literally, too.
Yeeeehaw.
Just saw a guy who works in our DC office. I haven't seen him in about 4 years, though we have worked together for about 10. He got all squeeee over the way I look - weight loss, hair cut. Nice ego boost.
Now I have a big ole grin on my face.
Signs that Bitches has warped you and you spend too much time on the internets:
I HAD A DIRTY DREAM ABOUT DAN LAURIA!
I am so unclean.
I would mock you, but I have no idea who he is.
