Patience, Grasshopper!

Our Ped was simply gushing over how well Charlotte looked and is doing. She weighed in at 16.5 lbs and was 27.5 in long. He said she looks amazing and couldn’t stop saying it! LOL. I tell you what – that makes you feel GREAT as a parent. He said the soft palate is not split – which was good news. No more appts until January! Woohooo!

Welcome to my blog. I am very honoured that Tanya has chosen to write about our journey. I hope that mothers and LC’s alike will be able to glean something from our struggle and please feel free to email with any questions you may have for me as I will be more than happy to answer them!

I was honoured to have Tanya Lieberman of the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog come across my lonely little blog and ask if she could feature it at her blog. Today was the big day and I have discovered that once someone posts something, it tends to snowball. And that is the beauty of the breastfeeding Community. I adore how supportive and empowering everyone I have come in contact with through Tanya has been of our journey. When it first began, I was not thinking ahead of sharing my story – I was clinging to anything and screaming to survive. My husband was the one who started blogging about Charlotte’s medical information so that we wouldn’t have to repeat the information over and over again. This is what gave me inspiration to start my breastfeeding blog and I stayed motivated to do so due to the lack of available information applying to my situation. As I stated at the CLC training – I fell into a huge gaping hole and now that I am aware of its presence, there is no way that I can just walk away without filling that hole properly. I feel I can do that through sharing my story and through becoming a LC specializing in the care and guidance of moms with cleft babies. With my first pregnancy I became a huge advocate for women advocating for themselves with their pregnancy care and their delivery as well as PPD care. With this pregnancy, it’s breastfeeding and PPD, two topics that have become very near and dear to my heart. So I guess you could say that March 21, 2006 was not only the birth of Charlotte Elizabeth, but the birth of a new activist for women – making sure they get the right care, support, and guidance in a very unsure world!