Yesterday was Jacquie and Natalee's (pictured above) 6-week postpartum visit. It is always a bittersweet appointment; sweet in that mom, baby and family have settled into a semblance of pre-baby normalcy and balance is once again palpable in the household...nursing established, nipples healed, sleep improved, hormones tempered. The bitter part is the goodbye, so aptly put in a thoughtful thank you note from Kate Pettey..."How do you explain the beauty of the aching vacuum she leaves behind after that stinking 6-week postpartum appointment, when your umbilical midwife cord is finally severed?..." It is not easy for me either. Fortunately, each and every one of you is so deeply embedded in my heart that you are never very far away.
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Love your new profile photo! Where did you find that handsome little baby?
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