The two things I like least about the whole post-partum period (and when exactly does that period end? Hmm) are the residual pregnancy weight and the emotional ups and downs.  The weight part is frustrating me right now because I’ve been at the same weight for almost two weeks.  It is 16 lbs above my target weight, and while I’m no longer considered overweight by my BMI, I still feel large and I don’t fit into much that I would like to be wearing.  

The emotional ups and down are trying as well.  I’m taking cod liver oil which I know is very helpful, but it doesn’t seem to be enough right now.  I think if it wasn’t with all the stress of the move and the financial pressure I feel like we’re under (which, granted, perhaps seems worse than it is because of all this) I’d be doing better, but there’s nothing I can do about that except get through it.  I’m still not doing anywhere near as well as I was doing after Gregory which is disappointing, but it isn’t quite so bad as it was after Emma.  *sigh*  hormones are really awful sometimes.

I’m going to start walking every morning to see if the additional activity helps on both fronts.  That’s one thing I was doing after I had Gregory that I haven’t been doing since I had Nathan.  I walked this morning and I’m going to try to keep it up, even with the impending move.