Covid Story

 Back in November, we had covid: Here is our covid story. We've done a good job at avoiding covid since March 2020 but unfortunately, we got it now and we'd of course get it the week that we closed on our new house. Anyways here's this story

I'm going to start with day 1 of symptoms. I have no idea when or where I was exposed so I can only go with what I know.

Day 1 - 11/7/2021 - I woke with a migraine that morning so we didn't go to church. I always have migraines so didn't think of anything. Went to my mom and dad's house. While there my husband went deer hunting and got 2 deer. I went out to help him track the doe. I didn't put a coat on and got my feet wet in the creek. While gutting the deer, I got chilled to the bone. I assumed it was due to my feet being wet. When we got home that night, I felt chilled to the bone and couldn't get warm. My bones hurt and I felt so tired. Sometime Sunday night, I woke and realized that I had a temp. I took it and it was 101.6. 

Day 2 - 11/8/2021 - My body ached all over. Felt like I was hit by a truck. Started having sinus pressure. Still had a fever. 

Day 3 - 11/9/2021 - Took an at-home test and it was positive for covid. Went to the doctor. Got another covid test and got meds for a sinus infection. 

Day 4- 11/10/2021 - Overall felt much better today. Still had sinus pressure and pain. No fever. No chills. 

Day 5- 11/11/2021 - Felt ok. My sinus' felt so much better today. Still tired. Still took a nap

Day 6 - 11/12/2021 - Had a migraine today. Felt more exhausted. We closed on our house during all of this!! and we were able to do this at home. My mother-in-law came and got the keys. She started painting the new house.

Day 7 - 11/13/2021 - I felt like dying... this was probably the worst i've ever felt in my entire life. Everything hurt. I felt like shit. I wasn't hungry. Could barely hold my baby. I slept almost all day. 

Day 8 - 11/14/2021 - Feel like I'm getting better. Still feel rough.

Day 9 - 11/15/2021 - Feel normal. Went to the new house today. Took a load of stuff over. Still feel tired but much more like me. Didn't feel like I needed to nap but I did rest

Day 10 - 11/16/2021 - Felt more like myself today. I still get tired very quickly. Moving things is hard to do when you're sick. Nick has been worse the last couple of days. 

Day 11 - 11/17/2021 - I'm supposed to work tomorrow. No idea how I'm going to be able to do that. I can barely sit up for a few hours. And we're supposed to move on Saturday

Day 12 - 11/18/2021 - Worked. Tired but felt almost normal. my body still aches if I overwork it. Moving to the new house tomorrow cause we are out of quarantine today! 

The aches and pains of overworking lasted for a few weeks. I felt like I was never going to feel "normal" again but sometimes after Christmas, I didn't wake hurting and didn't go to bed hurting.  One symptom that I had for weeks was that the bones in my arms and hands would hurt all the time. In January, I read an article that said sometimes going to the gym and working out helps the lasting covid symptoms. 

We were very thankful for both being healthy and not having lasting symptoms. A friend of mine had covid right after we did. He's young and he is still having lasting symptoms that just won't go away. 

Postpartum Journey

 I want to start with a disclaimer. I'm really interested in postpartum because I couldn't find anything like this when I was pregnant and this was the information I was looking for. With that in mind, My body is amazing and your body is amazing. Just cause this is how my body is handling postpartum doesn't mean how your body handles postpartum is wrong. We're all beautiful. But I wanted to help answer some of those questions I had while pregnant and to show my postpartum story.

Some Stats here

The day I found out I was pregnant, I weighed 168

The day I went into labor I weighted 178

The total weight gained was 10 pounds

At 12 hours postpartum, I weighed 162.2 which was a total loss of 15.8. Considering that I had a 7 pound 12 oz baby along with everything else you lose during labor. I thought this was pretty good. 

At 24 hours postpartum, I weighted 161.6. Total loss of 16.4

At 72 hours postpartum, I weighted 160.2. Total Loss of 17.8

At 6 days postpartum, I weighted 154.4 at home and 151 at my 1-week checkup. So we're going to go with my at-home weight. Total Loss of  23.6

At 1 week Postpartum, I weighed 153.8.  Total loss of 24.2 

At 10 days postpartum, I weighted 151.6. Total loss of 26.4

At 14 days postpartum, I weighted 150.6. Total lost of 27.4 pounds. 

At 1 month postpartum, i weighted 151. Total loss of 27 pounds. 

I’ve pretty much stayed the same weight. I’m 2 months post postpartum and I weight 153. I’m not watching what I eat and I haven’t started working out. 

Overall I feel really good. 

My hormones and emotions are amazing. I haven't felt like this in years. I honestly feel really good. 

I haven't had a migraine since the day before labor. There's really no way to explain how horrible I felt while pregnant so I'm so glad that I feel so amazing. 

It also helps that I didn't tear at all. 

Here’s some pictures of me over the last few months. 

Here I am 2 weeks postpartum and I can fit into jeans and shorts that I haven’t been able to wear in 3 years. One of the biggest struggles I’ve had, I feel bad even calling it a struggle, is that I don’t have a lot of shirts that work with my boobs since I’m breastfeeding and/or work to breastfeed in. I have a few maternity shirts that I bought days before I went into labor that aren’t stretched so I’ve been able to wear them but it’s so hard to find nursing clothes 

I can fit into shorts that are a size 8 which is a size smaller than I was before pregnancy. I can also fit into some jeans that I haven’t been able to wear in 2 years. 

Rosadella- 1 month

She’s 1 month old! Time flies by so fast 

She’s such an amazing baby. She sleeps pretty good at night and during the day. When she’s awake, she’s wide awake!

She had dark hair and wide blue eyes. She loves to cuddle. In the mornings she loves to look around. 

She’s started to like the swing. Still likes the snuggle me just not as mush as she first did. She gets frustrated with the car seat, can’t move her head as much. Started to take the pacifier from other people, still only takes 2 of the many that we bought. She likes to suck her thump if given the chance. She falls right to sleep once swaddle at night. Loves blankets during the day. 

She eats roughly every 2 hours. Sometimes she likes to eat every 1 hour and 15mins. At night most of the time she goes more Iike 3 hours between feeds. She’s slept a 5 hour straight at night before. She eats on 1 side normally. We’re hoping to try a bottle soon and hopign she’ll take it lol 😂 

She’s still in most newborn clothes with some 0-3 months fitting. We have a ton of clothes so I’m coming to terms with her not wearing certain ones or her only wear a certain outfit once. She can still fit into her coming home sleeper but it’s getting tight. 

She doesn’t really like baths. We tried one in the kitchen sink and she liked that better than in the tub. 

Funny thing that happened: mommy changed her diaper at 4:45am and forgot to put one back on. Didn’t realize until 7am lol 

She went to church for the first time this past Sunday. 

She’s already been to another state and the zoo.