Finally done it!! Started by: Jo

Forgot to say thank you!!!!! 🙂 it’s so nice having this forum to talk openly on!
Sarah I just seen that you did write what your having when already…im not 100% with it yet! What size are you hoping for, I still have no idea what to expect can’t see much at the mo they’re so strapped up!
Also I’m really sorry I accidentally pressed reject friendship on someone but then I added them as a friend, not away using a phone with pins and needles 😉 think I may have liked some posts too :-S sorry!!
Xxx

Not easy** using a phone

Mine are exactly the same Ashlee, my daughter always insists on cuddles at bed time and my son is always wanting to be picked up still and being helped on and off the loo and in and out of the car even though he’s 2! I just don’t want to let them down! My husband has a few days off and my mother in laws going to help out on the others for the first week but then I’m hoping to be back in the swing of things by day 10 ideally :-S where are you having it? How are you feeling? X

Sarah you sound like superwoman, I was straight out of hospital with my second but still out my feet up for a while! This will be a breeze for u, labours a zillion times harder! Xxxx

Thank you Kayleigh!! How’s your recovery been so far? Could u manage school runs if someone else was driving? Are you able to do much or did u just get the rest while your husband and mum helped out? I’ll have help for the first week but I really want to at least tag along for school runs and swimming lessons as they go in so much better for me and get a lil teary for anyone else but I don’t want to delay my recovery!
Do u feel able to get your 7 month in and out of the car or buggy now? Sorry for all the questions your the first person I’ve come across recently post op that I can get an idea of how I’ll be from! Thanks in advance!!! Xxxxx

Hi Ashlee, staying in a hotel will probably be just as nice if not nicer then here, you’ll have room service! The food they’ve given me here’s been ok but no where near enough so my husband stocked up on stuff in marks for me. I haven’t stopped eating or drinking since I came out of the op, my mouths constantly dry!xxx

2nd night
I took my medication at 10 and then slept soundly until 7 which was much needed. When I woke up I realised id Scootched down quite a bit making my chest closeish to being flat which was worrying and I felt really stiff and uncomfortable like my whole body weighed a tonne and where i hadn’t had any medication for a while and I had been in the same place for 8 hours I just couldn’t move myself. I took my pills before allowing my husband to try moving me as even tho they don’t work straight away I was hoping if any pain kicked in while being moved they’d help a little at least 😉 and I was fine just uncomfortable for a minute or 2 and now I feel fine, just an isolated uncomfortable/stiffness across my chest and a slight sting in the stitches area. All manageable tho! Xx

Day 2
I felt fine in myself yesterday, I could make drinks, get myself off the sofa ok, play with the kids from a sitting position and still cuddle. I am feeling more stiff/swollen now which makes movements seem tighter and more likely to hurt if I move too fast but otherwise it’s all still manageable. They feel like they’re getting heavier too and the stitches have a slight sting to them now! X

Day 3
Managed to get the kids ready for school, do my daughters hair, lunches, get myself ready do make up, run straighteners over my hair etc…struggled a lil to get the dry shampoo can high enough but wasn’t too bad. My husband lifted the kids into the car but I helped with seat belts and was fine opening and closing doors and then balancing them out of the car.
The biggest problem was the cold, the shivering was really uncomfortable. I was absolutely exhausted after and felt like id done a work out so may have done a little too much too soon. Apart from school runs I spent the rest of the day resting to make up for it and just played from the sofa.
In the afternoon I let the dogs in from the garden and when locking the door I had to lift the handle and the small resistance from that hurt my left side, around where the stitches are…after that just getting up off the sofa was uncomfortable :-S feel ok again after a good nights sleep.
Overall I’m in no way near as much pain as I was expecting, they don’t hurt to touch it’s just certain movements that pull and I get tired quickly.