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http://helloladies.com/2011/02/on-baseball-and-postpartum-depression/ http://helloladies.com/2011/02/on-baseball-and-postpartum-depression/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:27:16 +0000 Hello Ladies http://helloladies.com/?p=3398 She was my second child so I wasn’t quite a novice this time. I knew what to expect when she was born. I would need to take it easy for six weeks after the Caesarean. I would get almost no sleep — maybe three hours total each day. Nights would be terrifying and filled with fear. What if I fall asleep and drop her? What if I roll over on her and smother her? What if she dies from SIDS? Days would vary. I would experience moments of bliss when I nursed and gazed at my new baby. And I would have moments of sheer frustration when I focused on my still fat body and the fact I was stuck on the couch for weeks. This time, however, things were different. There was more frustration and fear than there was bliss. My incision hurt whenever I moved –my first Caesarean hadn’t bothered me at all. This time around I had a two year old child, my beautiful son, who wanted [...]]]> http://helloladies.com/2011/02/on-baseball-and-postpartum-depression/feed/ 5 http://helloladies.com/2010/03/play-ball/ http://helloladies.com/2010/03/play-ball/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:32:37 +0000 Hello Ladies http://helloladies.com/?p=1144 http://helloladies.com/2010/03/play-ball/feed/ 3