Tag: newborn
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A Day with Four Kids: Chaos, Sea and Pure Joy
Today I had more children than usual. Three of my own and one borrowed. A day with four kids turned out to be one of the nicest days we have had in a long time. An extra pair of hands arrived at the door We have lived here four months now, and from almost the…
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Three Weeks as a Family of Five: Chaos, Love and Getting Through
Nobody tells you that survival mode can also be full of joy. That you can be completely overwhelmed and completely in love at the same time. Here is what our first three weeks as a family of five really looked like. Home on day four We left the hospital on day four. B was nursing…
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The Day My Gut Feeling Saved My Baby
I wasn’t supposed to go in that day. There was no appointment. No plan. Just a quiet, insistent feeling that I could not shake. A family of five – and a story worth telling from the beginning We are now a family of five. It still sounds surreal when I say it out loud. I…
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From Recovery Room to Going Home: Our First Days with Baby B
The first days after C-section – the drugs, the waiting, the nurse I will never forgive, the moment milk arrived, and the day we finally walked out the door. Three hours in recovery The best way I can describe the recovery unit is this: imagine being submerged in something thick and slow-moving, where the lights…