We're Home...

Rose and I are home!  We came home on Thursday, as planned.

She is doing really well.  Kevin took her and me to the pediatrician on Friday and she was back up to 6 lb; her lowest weight was 5 lb 12 oz at the hospital.  So she's on her way up, which is delightful.

As for me...I'm doing as well as can be expected. I've thought this before --  a C-section has to be one of the rarer forms of surgery in that after it, the patient suddenly has a new, huge set of responsibilities and is sleep deprived for weeks on end :-).  It can't help with healing but then again, there is no better REASON to have surgery than to have a baby. Usually surgery is to fix a problem.  A C-section is a way (not the ideal way, but a way) to bring a precious baby out of the womb and into the world.

Kevin is taking off next week as well, and he has been running the household most of the day.  The big girls are heroically getting up at 7 a.m. to give breakfast to the younger children, plus they are changing diapers and doing their best to keep Daniel and Sarah moderately quiet. I am getting up, feeding Rose, and then coming downstairs around 8:30 a.m. or so and running things so Kevin can get some more sleep. He's been staying up very late and last night kept Rose with him from 11 to 2:30 a.m. so I could sleep. 

So, we're adjusting to the New Normal, a new normal with a newborn and 8 wonderful older kids.  It is not easy all the time, but it is blessed and wonderful.