Friday, October 10, 2008
A very belated apology!
I was just looking at the earlier posts on this blog and came to the post where we asked people not to call or visit after Seamus's birth. At the time, with my pregnancy hormones raging through my body (and my brain!), it seemed to make sense. But looking back, I guess it might have sounded quite strange. It seems wrong now that I am reading it nearly 21 months later. Now I wish I had looked at Seamus's birth as a celebration rather than something I needed to protect from all of the people we love and who love us. So, if anyone was upset or offended, I do apologize.
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4 comments:
Arent you silly! Who would be offended by a mother's wish. I can so understand not wanting calls. Why what if you were just falling asleep after being up all might with a new born. Plus sweet Seamus had no antiboties to protect him yet from the world.... While we might have missed a few weeks, you kept us updated with the blog!
Love you chick!
awww... byrne... how sweet of a response.
and anyway... everybody would have seen jimma in his skivvies!
What I witnessed those first 2 weeks..
two very tired new parents just helping their (as auntie Teri would term) wee bit of a lad enter the world.
It was a privilege to witness...
It was a totally normal request. Every birth is the same, yet utterly different. Every mom has a right to ask for what they need. Please don't retroactively judge yourself - you did what you needed to do.
I remember another daughter requesting "no calls or visitors" during the early postpartum days; and then wondering why nobody was calling or visiting! It's a topsy-turvy time for any new parent, and I think you don't really know (how could you, actually?) what you want or need. And you, Greeba, had the added burden of your post-trauma; we're just so glad you got past it and are flying along so well now. Bless you, dear elven-daughter!
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