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post #1 of 8
9/15/06 at 7:26am
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Did you need to get out of the house?!?

I remember when I had Haley feeling cooped up at home and I ended up taking her to visit every friend I had within a week of her being born.
When Brenna was born I had 3 other kids (including Shane's son) and really didn't get a break at all. I HAD to go to the grocery store when she was 3 or 4 days old and I remember thinking that all I wanted to do was get home and cuddle with her on the couch.
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post #2 of 8
9/15/06 at 9:01am
When I had Emily, I felt the same way you did with Haley, especially since I had a c-section and had been in the hospital from Friday until Tuesday. It was freezing cold here--record low temperatures for the HIGHS, so we couldn't really do a lot, but on the advice of my sister, DH took Emily and me out for a drive and to the grocery store that week after we came home. It felt so good just to get out. Then that weekend, MIL took us out to eat.
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post #3 of 8
9/15/06 at 9:01am
With Alyssa I didn;t want to get out of the house becasue I was sore. But I was back to work like a week later.

With Kate I felt great and wanted to get out and about right away - but with 2 in tow in the winter months I tended to stay at home more.
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post #4 of 8
9/15/06 at 10:11am
About the same as you Elaine ... by the time TJ came around, I don't think I left the house for a few weeks!
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post #5 of 8
9/15/06 at 10:34am
I was the same with Brandon, stayed home probably the first 6 weeks, except for drs appts. with Ryan, we were running pretty much as soon as I left the hosptial.
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post #6 of 8
9/15/06 at 10:29pm
With Kate, I stayed home with her about a month. I intend to the same this time maybe longer since he or she will be born in the middle of flu season.
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post #7 of 8
9/16/06 at 12:21am
with Logan, i was cooped up in the hospital for a two weeks before i had him and four days after, we stopped in at the grocery store on the way home from the hospital it is also my place of work so i got to show him off before he even hit home!

the next day we were out shopping for as long as i could walk without pain after the section
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post #8 of 8
9/16/06 at 12:38am
I felt the exact same as you describe Elaine.
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