2 weeks postpartum

Next up in the continuing saga of Pregnancy 2010...2 weeks postpartum.

It has been 2 weeks since my c-section and I think I'm healing well.  I go to the doctor for my checkup on Friday, and I definitely have questions for him, but I think everything I'm experiencing is normal.  I was sent home with pain meds that I really didn't need for the first 10 days, but day 11 came and brought more pain with it.  It was not necessarily my incision, but the area between my belly button and my incision was super sensitive and sore.  The skin, the muscles, everything.  I think it's getting a little better day by day, but it's still not pleasant. I have to keep reminding myself that I had major surgery and it will take time to heal, more than just a week or two.  

This morning the scale told me I was 7 pounds above my pre-pregnancy weight.  I'm happy with that, but of course my belly is still flabby and jiggly.  I'm not obsessing over it yet, probably not until January when I'll start back to working out.  I never weighed myself at 40 weeks, but at my 39 week appointment my weight gain totaled 34 pounds.  I know some of that was fluid and I know I retained a lot of fluid for about a week after my surgery.

Speaking of fluid, one of the worst parts of my recovery was watching my feet and ankles swell up like balloons.  It was bad, and every morning I would ask the nurses and they all said it would get worse before it got better.  I never truly believed them until it did get worse the next day.  It took about a week, but my swelling finally went down and I actually had ankles again.

I'm getting better every day and I can't wait to be 100% again.  The c-section is keeping me from doing things I couldn't wait to do after pregnancy.  It's still hard to get out of bed, I still can't sleep on my stomach, it's still hard to bend over to put socks on.  I am not known for my patience, so I have to keep reminding myself I'll be back to normal soon enough.  At least I feel good enough to take care of the baby by myself.

2 weeks postpartum...still in maternity clothes, being held together by my BeBand. (Please excuse the dirty mirror)

Today is Prematurity Awareness Day.  I'm wearing purple in honor of baby Garrett and other babies born too soon.