https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/handling-stress-being-mom/ Tips, activities and encouragement for staying at home and joyfully surviving it. Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/handling-stress-being-mom/#comment-209311 Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:59:29 +0000 https://thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/?p=4665#comment-209311 […] Caring for a baby after a c-section can be tricky, but completely do-able. An IV in my hand got cumbersome when trying to breastfeed. Luckily it was taken out the evening of surgery. Someone has to help you, or so I thought. Then my husband slept through a few nighttime feedings, so I slid off the bed, changed my son’s diaper and eased my way back into bed to feed him. (Mind you all after just having major surgery!) I even reached from my hospital bed into the bassinet to get my son out and onto my lap. That was my super woman strength-my version. I did not “go natural” or get the option for no pain medication, but I was a strong mom. […]

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