Mae's Prolapse and New grandbaby!!

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Hey My Dear Whole Woman friends!

All is well in Grandbabyland! I am soo enjoying our new grandson and the fact that he is now over 10 pounds and I don't have to worry that picking him up might destroy my bladder "tuck up." I love how the doctors use that term and make it sound like no big deal! I thank Christine every time I hold that sweet precious baby that I can cuddle, pick up and walk around with him. At worst, my bladder will protest, but I know it will go back where it belongs..or at least rests comfortably!

Dd has mastered BF (you'll be happy to know that Alemama after all your help!) and Dgs is beginning to know the difference between night and day..thank the dear lord! lol! Dd is wearing him in a wrap she loves..the Mobi . She tried so many and finally found one that works for them. Cute. Baby loves it of course.

She is still sleeping with him ( he's 6 weeks old now) and it is so much more for her than even him I think, although, of course he loves it. She is soo into motherhood and I just love it. I remember that she used to say "you can take the baby for the first 3 months..I'm very awkward with infants." She just didn't believe me when I said it would be different with her own. Well, you can guess how that is going! She is worried that this wonderful infant/bonding time is going by waay too fast!

I was very happy to read your update Alemama! Loved your picture and the "instant wrap." Very clever!

G-Mom, I am so thrilled about the new baby! I hope you are doing well and I miss hearing from you. You are probably posting but I am all over the place here. Hugs, kisses and hoping you are feeling great!

I scan the posts..but can't read them all. Dgs keeps me busy and happy! How he has delighted all our lives. His "big" (8 and 11) year old cousins (also boys) adore him. Such joy..as only a baby can bring. I am soo blessed..knock wood!

Hugs..and I will be back soon!

Love,
~Mae

sounds like all are doing well, so happy to hear the bf worked itself out and your dd found a wrap that works for them and how NICE that dgs is figuring out night/day!

what a loving family you have. enjoy it all :)

Very sweet indeed, Mae...thank you for sharing your joy with us! xChristine

Hi Mae

So glad early motherhood is agreeing with DD, and that DGS is getting such privileged treatment, and all that love, to boot. If only all children could be the recipients of such love.

Hope you are back with us soon. So glad the POPs are behaving.

Give DD and DGS (and Dad too) a big hug for me. I am so proud of all of you.

Louise

Your post just makes me smile, at the lovely joy of new babies...
you're going to start making me broody if you aren't careful!!!

thank you so much for sharing
Kiki

Mae
I was blessed and encouraged as I read your message yesterday before I went to spend the day in Grandbabyland. It strengthened my heart. I went armed with WW posture and the knowledge that our grandmother pelvlic organs were "built to last" so that we could help care for our grandchildren without fear of further hurting our POP. I came back feeling almost as well as when I went. Just a few moments of quiet and "firebreathing" and all was well again. Before WW guidelines I would have been uncomfortable for days, my grandson is 20 months and his sister is 2 months so much holding is required. I'm thankful for Christine as well for her diligence in delivering the message of healing all women need. Enjoy holding your grandbabies! Happyheart

Smiles and hugs to you happyheart! Reading your post made my heart happy! ~Mae

Keep smiling Kiki! I wouldn't want Baby Brody to make you broody! For a second there, when I read broody, I thought I must have mentioned his name and you misspelled it. LOL!
~Mae

I love it!!!! ;-)
But no, I'm not allowed. No more babies to be had for me no matter how broody i get, so i just have to relish everyone else's stories...which i am to thank you!
Kiki

Thanks for sharing your joy with us at WW!!! There's no joy like new babies, is there? It's such a miracle. I hear grandparenthood is such a joy from watching our kids' grandparents with them. It's so particular to being a grandparent. What a thrill to think that we may get to experience this when our kids have kids (if they do). Wow. What a thing to look forward to.

I chuckled when you said your daughter was still sleeping with your grandson and he is six weeks old because our youngest is 4 and is still sleeping with us!! Yes, we are co-sleepers. I know the days are numbered and he'll soon have his own bed and room. And, yes, it's for your daughter, but believe me, it's for him, too. The benefits to child are astounding. There's a couple of really good books on the subject -- I think it's called "Nighttime Parenting" by Dr. Jay Gordon, or something like that - research on the effect of co-sleeping on babies. And, check out Dr. Sears' book "Attachment Parenting" for more info on how AP affects intelligence,security, etc. I have to say, we put a lot of energy and time into the early years with our babies - bf, holding, rocking, co-sleeping, and seeing the bonding and attachment and how responsive they are to us as older children (oldest is almost 11) is amazing. It's an investment in the future that pays big dividends. Dr. Sears says the most important year for discipline is the first - and I believe it. If you respond to them, they learn how to respond to you. It's tempting to get them to separate early, etc. for convenience of parents, but sometimes that can produce behaviours in future that are hard to understand and deal with. My 2 cents!

Hi Rosewood

I am also happy to report that our baby is now 22, and he did finally get out of wanting to use my boobs as pillows about the time he realised that girls have a different agenda from boys, and that they were growing boobs too! I must admit that I had my doubts for a while about what would happen. I am so glad that I was comfortable with giving generously of my body. I am sure that my kids will be as well, which bodes well for their kids too.

Mae's grandson is indeed fortunate.

Cheers

Louise

Hello my dear WW friends,

Well, my newest (#3) dear, dear grandson is just a little over seven weeks old! What a love! BF is going well and he is thriving..knock wood. Has to be over 12 pounds by now and after a day (and noticeable during the day) with him I feel very prolapsy! Soo worth it and within a day (or less) I've returned to my normal! Knowing that I couldn't even hold him and walk around with him with a "bladder tuck up" makes me soo glad I am a WholeWoman! Oh my goodness..it would be heartbreaking not to be able to walk around holding him!

I am so out of touch with what is going on with you all. I am glad Christine is doing better and I hope G-mom that you have stopped worrying about how you're going to feel after having this baby..truly a gift...it's got to be good!

With hugs and much love,
Brody's very busy (and happy) grandma!