UPDATE
You may have seen pictures of my son Julius, but now he has a brother. (They are only 10 months apart, so unless you want Irish twins, make sure you have that birth control ready after the 1st.)
Early Wednesday morning on the 22nd of February, me and my wife welcomed our second son Nehemiah Quintus Lawrence Temple into the world. He was 7 pounds 6 ounces. Credit to my wife, she decided against an Epidural. (She did have to get some stitches afterwards.)
The last month leading up to his birth was chaotic. During certain days - particularly when a fight broke out - I was dodging punches. Literally.
Surprisingly, a lot of pregnant women are prone to this - if my co-workers and most internet research can be believed.
I'll admit it now, I was NOT prepared for the mood swings. Toward the very absolute end of the pregnancy, we held off on sex for a few days per doctors orders. Sex was usually my nuclear option to stop fights in their tracks - assuming my pride and anger were pushed aside at the moment.
During this period we had one of our worst fights.
I wrote about the experience on my site in some detail as honestly as I could entitled, "
Can Your Marriage Survive Pregnancy?" Simply put, at some moments she was a terror. (I recall having to jump off our balcony to escape her as she blocked off the door. We now laugh about it.)
Post Partum?
Ever since my wife - and I'll say her name here - Makayla gave birth shes been a delight to be around. No fights. Nothing. She misses me desperately when I'm at work, and even though we can't have sex for around 6-8 weeks as she recovers - she is constantly wanting to give me blowjobs.|
Right now, she's that sex crazed angel who loves everything about me and desires me at every moment - before she got along with her first pregnancy. She's back. (Note as I've said before, our sex life never died down even during the rough periods.)
I told her the other day that at some points, I had no idea what to do with her and that I thought she was going to destroy the marriage. She's constantly apologized for hitting me, being a bitch, etc. (She points out that she couldn't control her anger when she was seeing red at those times. I must admit, I'm still irked by it regardless.)
While love shouldn't be your only reason for getting married is important. It helped deal with a lot of issues that popped up, as well as give both of us the perseverance to keep going after fights. (Our fights would dissipate in usually just a few hours and everything was great afterwards, but the nasty words had still been uttered.)
This brings up another point. Watch what you say in anger. It's hard to words back.
Support Network
I don't make a great amount of money, and I don't have a career. I've been able to make ends meet with just me working, but money is tight often.
Luckily my parents have helped out and my wife's grandma has showered us with anything we've needed. She bought us one of those nice Newborn swings, a double stroller, and a host of other things ranging from baby food to baby clothes and materials. My parents bought us formula, more food, plus food for ourselves often.
(My dad with both his grandsons.)
I can't understate how VALUEABLE this has been. I don't know if we could have done it without them just from a financial aspect. Having WIC has also helped as our firstborn Julius goes through formula fast, though he now eats tablescraps and stage 3 baby food.
When we were in the hospital which lasted from Tuesday afternoon till Friday, my wife's parents, friends of theirs, and my parents who came down to visit were able to babysit Julius. It made life so much easier on us. (People in my in-laws life groups brought us food during those days as well.) My mom is even going to stay with us for a month to help with Julius as we focus on Nehemiah and grab that extra sleep when we can.
(My father-in-law holding his grandsons)
Right now life is on the up and up, despite our son Nehemiah waking up every 2-3 hours demanding to be fed.
We are gonna watch 50 Shades Darker later tonight and I will be getting a blowjob both during and after.
More updates once my wifes 21st birthday hits in May.
Parting Thought
Know your wife inside and outside. It's imperative you marry a girl who even if you have the worst fights known to man won't lie to the cops, friends, family etc about what goes down.
Women have a lot of power to put you away just based on their word these days, and I feel that could have happened if she wanted it to in at least one of our fights. (No, I didn't do anything.)
My wife absolutely adores me. It helps and because she does, I love her deeply in return, despite the fights we've had. (I suppose daily sex helps.
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Makalya does get jealous sometimes, which is good to a point. To her I'm a hell of a prize, and she wants to be with me for the rest of our lives. The commitment is deep.
Funny story: My wife has told me she will beat up girls who look at me wrong. She was working with me at the time. In fact a girl in another department at where I work was giving me some help and Makayla came over to me - to ensure that girl knew that I'm her man.
When I mentioned Mak was my wife, Mak said the girl gave her a dirty look and now always does when she sees her. Makayla wants to beat her and says the girl looks at me too much. Sometimes it's almost like a primal thing.