My Ayden bear was born on Friday, 7 Ramadhan 1438 (corresponding to 2 June 2017), in case you couldn't be bothered to read my birth story :p I was at JPMC for two nights after his birth and everything was a whirlwind. Husband and I had been waiting for 9 months for him to arrive earthside and come 8:05am that day, everything revolved around baby. Literally everything . As it turned out, I bled a lot (according to the medical staff attending my birth) and had to be administered syntocinon to prevent more blood loss, to which few days/weeks later I found out it also helped speed afterbirth -_-   The next thing after skin to skin, I was asked to direct feed little bear. Nothing came out. I blamed syntocinon for messing up what my body was supposed to do by itself-- I couldn't nurse until the second day, and then dread filled me whole: baby had to be fed on formula. So ensued a hysterical mama bear for God knows how many times on little bear's birthday. My trooper ...

Woah. What has happened for the past two months? A few things: little one cooking in the oven to its divinely specified time for a few weeks, 24-hour labor, postpartum adjustments, baby blues (A LOT OF TEARS) and postnatal treatment. I've shared my birth story on Birthlings here -- feel free to have a read and do share your birth story here if you are willing to! I actually have a few things to write about postpartum days... when I do have the time I'll write about them. By the way, did you expect your little one/s to take up ALMOST all of your time in a day? I didn't. *sheepish smile*