I cheated my ticker
Okay, I fudged the date on my ticker to change it to May 4th from May 21st.
I just wanted to see the words “Only 3 days to go*.” Only 3 days to endure this horrible pain on my ribcage. She is so confused and instead of moving down, she moves up. The bottom of my stomach is flabby, and there is a hard lump right under my breast where her head is. Everytime she moves, it feel like she is going to crack my ribs. The c-section recovery won’t feel any better, it will just relocate the pain**. It is getting to be standard practice to put morphine in the epidural or to give a little right after being moved to recovery, and you can get prescription pain medication that is supposed to be okay to take while breastfeeding. However, I still won’t get any sleep since I have to be a feeding machine every 2 to 3 hours. I won’t be able to drive or climb stairs or lift anything over 10lbs*** or do any bending or strain my abdominal muscles****. If I want to get any exercise, I can walk, but slowly and for only 15 – 20 minutes at a time. I’m supposed to do this for 4 – 6 weeks. The incision can take up to 6 months to fully heal. Yet, I’m starting to look forward to it. The pain in my ribs is that bad.
My mother will be here to help the very first week, and Mac will probably have to take at least a few days off in the second week. I’m going to try to be extra good so that I can get around enough to take care of Ada alone and he can get back to work since I’ll suffer some of my leave without pay.
**ETA: After having her, I can now say that the c-section recovery pain was far, far, far, far worse.
***Which means I can lift Ada, as long as I don’t have to bend to get her.
****What muscles? I think those were destroyed in my second trimester.
