Csection moms- did anyone have issues with numbness around their incision? I have total sensation on the right side, but the left side (which has been painful all along) is numb from the incision down to my groin/upper thigh. I didn't have this last time. I'm thinking maybe a nerve was injured during surgery and with time it will heal. I'm hoping there is no "deeper" nerve damage... Because sex. I asked at my 2wk appt and they said to wait. I'll ask again at 6w. I've studied my nerve pathway charts and can't seem to pinpoint which peripheral nerve it would be. I'm a nerd.
I had numbness on one side of the scar and nearly the whole area 1-2 inches above (but none below). I asked about it at my 6 week appt and my OB said it was normal and it should come back over time, but for a few people it can be permanent. It lasted about 6 months maybe, then there were just a few small spots of numbness right on the edge of the scar. Not sure when those spots of numbness healed but I don't have it anymore.
I really hate pumping. Especially in the middle of the night. Why don't they make a pump that works while lying down??
I hated that too. I'd get up and feed/change DS, then have to spend more time pumping and then putting the milk and pump parts away. It really lengthened out those middle of the night wake ups. Hope you are getting a little bit of sleep and can at least nap!
I really hate pumping. Especially in the middle of the night. Why don't they make a pump that works while lying down??
I hated that too. I'd get up and feed/change DS, then have to spend more time pumping and then putting the milk and pump parts away. It really lengthened out those middle of the night wake ups. Hope you are getting a little bit of sleep and can at least nap!
This is why I couldn't commit to pumping... I like sleep way to much.
Post by surfmama106 on Jan 12, 2016 19:32:15 GMT -5
Ready or not it's happening. Believe it or not everything is ready except my mind. I think I've been putting the idea of an actual newborn out of my head for so long that I can't even comprehend that we will have a new baby. Names are set, but it's not going to be real in the least to me until I'm holding that baby and maybe not even be real then. Wish me luck!
Ready or not it's happening. Believe it or not everything is ready except my mind. I think I've been putting the idea of an actual newborn out of my head for so long that I can't even comprehend that we will have a new baby. Names are set, but it's not going to be real in the least to me until I'm holding that baby and maybe not even be real then. Wish me luck!
I am so so so excited for you!! Enjoy the last night of sleep!!
Yay @surfmama106! So excited for you and to see pics of your new squish. Just one more day of work for you to get through and then lots of cuddles with L before the new baby joins your family!
I have my 6 week appt today. I think I'm going to go with Depo for BC. Dh is going to get a vasectomy so I don't need something super long term.
I'm thinking about asking for more time off work. I feel like I brought home a newborn again and it's overwhelming. We aren't back to nursing yet and she needs to gain weight. Also might ask for Wellbutrin to help get over this PPD/A hump.
I have my 6 week appt today. I think I'm going to go with Depo for BC. Dh is going to get a vasectomy so I don't need something super long term.
I'm thinking about asking for more time off work. I feel like I brought home a newborn again and it's overwhelming. We aren't back to nursing yet and she needs to gain weight. Also might ask for Wellbutrin to help get over this PPD/A hump.
Please ask for more time! Your work seems receptive to keeping you happy, and I think you need it to get settled in before you have to spend time away from P!
Also, I think talking to your Dr about how to get over the "hump" is a great idea. Good work taking care of yourself!
I have my 6 week appt today. I think I'm going to go with Depo for BC. Dh is going to get a vasectomy so I don't need something super long term.
I'm thinking about asking for more time off work. I feel like I brought home a newborn again and it's overwhelming. We aren't back to nursing yet and she needs to gain weight. Also might ask for Wellbutrin to help get over this PPD/A hump.
Please ask for more time! Your work seems receptive to keeping you happy, and I think you need it to get settled in before you have to spend time away from P!
Also, I think talking to your Dr about how to get over the "hump" is a great idea. Good work taking care of yourself!
^ liking for commiseration, lucanjo14. It always comes a few months after birth, too, so it's insult on top of injury while you're still trying to put yourself together again after being stretched out and tired all the time. Ugh.
Appt went well. Got a script for apno, Wellbutrin and Depo. Gotta talk to pedi about the Wellbutrin before I start it. I'm gonna try really hard to go back to work 2/1. I need to establish some sort of daily normalcy.
^ liking for commiseration, lucanjo14 . It always comes a few months after birth, too, so it's insult on top of injury while you're still trying to put yourself together again after being stretched out and tired all the time. Ugh.
And then after the loss there's the strange regrowth. I have weird short patches near my temples that look like horns when I pull my hair back.
I hate these. Mine are just now starting to get better.
Adding a pic just so I don't have to see the freakishly ugly side of my head when I get on pb with my phone, (I know there are ways to not show the pictures but I'm lazy!!)
It's now 5:22 and Dh didn't get up to feed. I have yet to master pumping and giving a bottle, so this ones a long one. At least Dh gets up at 6:30 with the boys and I stay in bed until I feel like it!
I put Cy in his own room for nighttime for the first time last night. (He's been in a PNP next to me til now.) went down at 8, up at 1, and up at 5:30, so not too bad! I also didn't nurse him to sleep and didn't give his paci. Veryyyyy much hoping we can go to one feeding at night ASAP
I put Cy in his own room for nighttime for the first time last night. (He's been in a PNP next to me til now.) went down at 8, up at 1, and up at 5:30, so not too bad! I also didn't nurse him to sleep and didn't give his paci. Veryyyyy much hoping we can go to one feeding at night ASAP
When I stopped nursing DS to sleep and got rid of the paci around 4-1/2 months he went to one wake up a night (previously up every two hours). I hope his sleep continues to improve!
Yes! Same happened with Junie, so I'm not sure what took me so long to transition. I guess just with the move and all the chaos I was putting the kids through, I felt like I needed to do whatever it took to soothe him at any hour of the night. Mom guilt is the worst.
I have to say, the boy is obsessed with me.... DH brought him to our room and was changing him and talking with him, and Cy was perfectly content. Then the SECOND he saw me, it was all over and he had to have me NOW. Junie was never that way, and it cracks me up!
I put Cy in his own room for nighttime for the first time last night. (He's been in a PNP next to me til now.) went down at 8, up at 1, and up at 5:30, so not too bad! I also didn't nurse him to sleep and didn't give his paci. Veryyyyy much hoping we can go to one feeding at night ASAP
Awesome! I remember nursing to sleep was the biggest mistake I kept making with L. Once I stopped he was sleeping through the night not too long after!
I put Cy in his own room for nighttime for the first time last night. (He's been in a PNP next to me til now.) went down at 8, up at 1, and up at 5:30, so not too bad! I also didn't nurse him to sleep and didn't give his paci. Veryyyyy much hoping we can go to one feeding at night ASAP
Awesome! I remember nursing to sleep was the biggest mistake I kept making with L. Once I stopped he was sleeping through the night not too long after!
I don't know why I kept doing that, even after I saw what a difference it made the first time around LOL. I guess I was in denial that the newborn-ness has to end at some point.
Awesome! I remember nursing to sleep was the biggest mistake I kept making with L. Once I stopped he was sleeping through the night not too long after!
I don't know why I kept doing that, even after I saw what a difference it made the first time around LOL. I guess I was in denial that the newborn-ness has to end at some point.
Yes! It's so hard to stop because you'll miss it so much!
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