Anyway, this is basically how I spend my babymoon:
(btw, this is if you have a vaginal birth. I did have one c-section and I added a week or so to everything listed)
My husband does take 1-2 weeks off of work and I plan ahead of time to take 2 weeks off of schooling.
First 2 weeks
No cooking (we have a great church family that brings meals, plus I usually have a relative in town to help.)
No homeschooling, no cleaning (if you don't have any help, tell people you want a gift card for a cleaning crew to come in about a week after baby is born).
No exercising, except maybe a walk around the block or some light Pilate's in bed.
No going anywhere, unless it's to the doctor or midwife.
Kiss, hug, snuggle and nurse your baby a lot!
Next 4 weeks
Continue no cooking (at this point I have meals in freezer if meals have stopped coming from friends or my husband picks up something or have kids cook.)
Ease back into exercise slowly. Add 1/2 mile to my walks and slowly add gym back into schedule with very light weights or just bike riding.
Get help with driving. I just tell my children we are scaling back and then I get more bold about asking others to drive my children to extracurriculars.
Enjoying my last babymoon~
Sisters fighting over their baby brother!
Oh how I miss those days. My sil just had a baby. When I went to pick up my niece she answered the door in her jammies with the baby all snuggled into her neck. bliss.
ReplyDeleteI have had 3 babies and no baby moon. I guess since I never heard of the term I never got it. Well there is always wishing with this one. I am at 24 weeks with number 4.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your third trimester and have a wonderful baby moon!
Anticipating the babymoon is almost as good as actually having it mostly b/c it comes and goes so quickly!! I still can't get over how fast time flies - my baby girl is almost 7 months old. Thanks for stopping by my blog - your family is lovely, as well! I pray all of the best of God's blessings on you as you finish your pregnancy and get ready to meet your newest little one!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds wonderful. I don't think I ever applied any of those suggestions! :( If there is a next time though I will definitely take more care to slow down. Something that is very difficult for me to do! Even when expecting my twins I could NOT slow down. And they were both almost 8 lbs so I had a huge tummy to tote around!
ReplyDeleteI learned to try to do what you are outlining here! This is GREAT ADVICE! most mothers today just jump right back into everything full speed ahead . . . . and then wonder why they don't have enough milk?????? They assume they can't breastfeed and soon switch to the bottle. OH, That is SO SAD to me! they don't have a clue what they and baby miss out on!!!!!
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