My mom put me in touch with her friend from the zen monastery she goes to who used to be a midwife. We have been e-mailing back and forth and it has been really wonderful because she has been able to answer all of my questions. Plus she has been extremely nice about all of my questions and seems to genuinely enjoy talking about everything. She has put my mind at complete ease and I know if something comes up that makes me anxious again I can just e-mail her. I have to say, motherhood has not been good for my anxiety!
In other news, yesterday Enzio and I gave Laila her first bath! Well, her first real bath - we had given her sponge baths before. Now that her umbilical cord has fallen off and everything's all healed we are allowed to bathe her for real. I was sort of expecting her to start screaming the second she hit the water, but she actually seemed to enjoy it! Well, until I started having to lift her head to clean her neck folds, etc... then she started crying! Hopefully she enjoys the bath even more next time.
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