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matt is now a week and 2 days old, which isn’t that old really, but i cannot wait until my postnatal pains go away. i have accepted the fact that i won’t be getting as much sleep as i want, but what really bothers me is that my perineum is still sore. apparently it takes 2-4 weeks to heal, but that seems like forever especially since i have to sit down a lot when feeding matt.

i ordered this hemorrhoid cushion from badbacks.com.au, hopefully it will help in taking pressure off my perineum and bum during feeding times.

also after my hospital stay i had some swelling in my ankles and after a few days i had trouble walking with my right foot. i went to the gp on sunday and was told to drink panadol and put support on my ankle. the swelling has already subsided but there is still some slight discomfort.

anyway i will have to go now, matt is being very fussy and won’t sleep

i’m not entirely sure when my “labour” started, but after the baby shower on saturday (19 january) at around 11.30pm i started getting cramps/contractions, as though i had dysmenorrhea. i wasn’t able to sleep at all that night and i also had my “bloody show”. i rang up the hospital to check whether this was normal, at first i thought i was bleeding but the midwife said that it sounded like it was the bloody show. she said not to go to the hospital and wait it out cos real labour might not come until a couple of days later.

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matthew steven quinto

born: 21 january 2008, 7.26am
6.86 pounds, 48 cm long

my baby shower was held yesterday and matt got a whole heap of stuff i’m almost on my 38th week so i can give birth at anytime.
i went to bed at around 11.30pm hoping to sleep early (that’s already early cos i’ve been sleeping at 3am) cos i didn’t get much sleep yesterday. anyway, i started getting contractions… not too painful at first, but noticeable, like cramps when i have my period.

at around 2.30am i got the “bloody show”. basically it’s when the mucous plug that is blocking the cervix becomes unplugged and this means that things are starting to happen. labor can come hours or days later.

anyway it’s already 7am and i still haven’t had any sleep, my contractions are becoming more painful. i rang up the hospital and they said that it’s better to stay at home cos if i go to the hospital too early, i could just be sent home. their advice is to wait until it becomes unbearable and then go to the hospital.

i think from the contractions that i’m having now, it’s painful but bearable, but what’s really bothering me is it’s been 22 hours since i last slept when i lie down the pain is much more intense so i don’t really have much choice but to sit or move around. i just really want to go to sleep

anyway, watch this space if i give birth anytime soon. poor butch, he’s not arriving from LA until tuesday and by then i might have given birth already. or not, if these contractions are just happening just to annoy me