Breast-fed Babies Have Super-Powers
Friday, January 16, 2009
As Corbin's due-date approached, I grew a tiny bit nervous about bringing Nettie to the birth. I called a friend who is also studying to be a midwife to check in with her and she exclaimed, without hesitation, "bring her, breast-fed babies have super-powers." Well they do!
I headed to Corbin's house around 5pm January 1st. Nettie hung out on the floor during early labor. As things picked up a bit, around 9pm, I put Nettie on my back. Nettie remained on my back with a few brief exceptions, until 11am the following morning while I provided support. I think she nursed twice, went smoothly off and on during the transport to the birth center and then again transporting to the hospital and hardly noticed when I took her off to snuggle beside me for a couple of twenty minute cat naps. Matt arrived at the hospital (having taken public transportation with Khady and Fenimore, a good hour and a half journey) around 11am and hung out with Nettie for the rest of the day, bringing her back only once to nurse (with no complaint from Nettie). Nettie was briefly and only slightly fussy while we prepared for the hospital transport but I think she was expressing her concern for the baby. The rest of the time she was either asleep or calmly peering over my shoulder observing all from her post on my back.
More about the birth to come.
I headed to Corbin's house around 5pm January 1st. Nettie hung out on the floor during early labor. As things picked up a bit, around 9pm, I put Nettie on my back. Nettie remained on my back with a few brief exceptions, until 11am the following morning while I provided support. I think she nursed twice, went smoothly off and on during the transport to the birth center and then again transporting to the hospital and hardly noticed when I took her off to snuggle beside me for a couple of twenty minute cat naps. Matt arrived at the hospital (having taken public transportation with Khady and Fenimore, a good hour and a half journey) around 11am and hung out with Nettie for the rest of the day, bringing her back only once to nurse (with no complaint from Nettie). Nettie was briefly and only slightly fussy while we prepared for the hospital transport but I think she was expressing her concern for the baby. The rest of the time she was either asleep or calmly peering over my shoulder observing all from her post on my back.
More about the birth to come.
