Martina Schmid

Martina Schmid

Week 8 Postpartum: Better sleep and visit from the Health Center

Monday, August 26th~Sunday, September 1st This week my husband had his last week at work and he would come home at 8 pm every day, which made it very hard for me to do things like taking a shower at night or brushing my teeth. I was lookin

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    • Week 7 Postpartum: Sleep Tracking and single mum life

      Monday, August 19th~Sunday, August 25th From this Monday on my husband had to get back to work, which meant that my life as a single mum started. My husband usually would come back home from work at around 8pm, so most of the day I would b

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      • Week 6 Postpartum: Holidays and crying getting worse

        Monday August 12th~Sunday August 18th This week started of not too bad, but went downhill soon. On Monday things were still ok. Baby wasn't feeding too much and she was sleeping a decent amount during the day. Unfortunately her night time

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        • Week 5 Postpartum: Going out for the first time and another growth spurt?

          Monday, August 5th~Sunday, August 11th The week started with baby still feeding a lot on Monday, but at night, after we bathed her, she fell asleep quickly and slept for four hours straight. Every time she woke up, she would sleep for anot

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          Week 4 Postpartum: Cluster feeding and 3 weeks growth spurts

          Monday, July 29th~Sunday August 4th The week started of good with baby sleeping 4 hours at a time at night and moderately during the day. She wasn't too fussy and I could do some household chores while watching her in the kitchen. Unfortu

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          Week 4 Postpartum: Cluster feeding and 3 weeks growth spurts

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          Week 3 Postpartum: Things are getting easier

          Monday, July 22nd~Sunday, July 28th The third week Postpartum started with the 2-week checkup. The night before I had  barely slept, the baby was extremely fussy and wanted to drink all the time. I had planned to pump some milk to take wit

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          Week 3 Postpartum: Things are getting easier

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          Week 2 Postpartum: Getting into a routine

          Monday, July 15th~Sunday, July 21st The day my baby turned one week old. Breastfeeding still hurt so bad. At one point my right breast hurt so bad I had to use the breastpump and give the baby a bottle. I was seriously considering feeding

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          Week 2 Postpartum: Getting into a routine

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          Week 1 Postpartum: Hospital stay and bringing the baby home

          Tuesday, July 9th The day after I gave birth I woke up well rested as the midwives took care of the baby during the night.  I was not happy that she probably got fed formula during the night (I wanted her to be exclusively breastfed), but

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          Week 1 Postpartum: Hospital stay and bringing the baby home

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          Week 1 Postpartum: The day I gave birth

          Monday, July 8th Almost 24 hours after my water broke, around 1 pm on Monday I started to feel slight cramping in my stomach. Having had cramping and false signs of labor for weeks now I wasn't sure if this is now the real deal or just som

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          Week 1 Postpartum: The day I gave birth

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          Week 0 postpartum: The day before delivery

          Sunday, July 7th I woke up around Midnight and when I went to the toilet I felt a small trickle down my leg. Was that maybe my water breaking? I was 41w2d pregnant that day and was desperately looking for signs of labor. I had read about w

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          Week 0 postpartum: The day before delivery

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