Recovery

Recovery

Leaving the hospital a day or two before most c-section women leave the hospital may have been a little nuts! I so badly wanted to get home to my kids and OUT of that super uncomfortable hospital bed that I nothing else mattered. So I couldn't go up and down the steps... I'd figure out a way to stay downstairs all day and only have to go up the stairs once a day and that would be to go to bed!! Easier said then done!! Because I was maxing out on my Percocet the doctors sent me home on a lighter prescription. At first it made sense to me... but as I started trying to "survive" at home, I realized how dumb it was that I wasn't on something more strong to get me through. A quick call to the doctor and that fixed that!

Stairs were def the hardest thing about being at home-- actually, it was the 2nd hardest thing... the HARDEST thing about being home and trying to recover and take care of our beautiful boy was sitting up in bed!! Crazy, I know! But once I lay down in bed I found it extremely difficult to sit back up so I could nurse Marshall. It was awful. I felt stuck and oh did it hurt to try and "roll" out of bed or to a position that would ease me into a sitting position. After that-- it was getting up the stairs at the end of the night. The one side of my incision would feel like someone was pulling it in two directions-- it hurt and I dreaded it the first few nights at home. Eventually, this would all get easier ... but ouch-- it hurt at the beginning. 

Brayden-- Brayden did not quite get how fragile mommy was and therefore, found it perfect acceptable to jump all over the bed. Saturday morning without warning (and while my eyes were still shut) Brayden leaped onto me landed right on my stomach/incision. I screamed out in pain and immediately started to cry. I was terrified that he did something really bad but thankfully, it just made me extra sore but no long term effects that I know of! He felt bad, he and Ruthie both cried as I cried and begged them to leave the room so I could have Jon check for damages. Thankfully, after a call to the doctor, my mind was back at ease and from there on out, I was extra guarded. 

I'm happy to report that by the end of my 1st week at home, I transitioned off all medications and can go up and down the steps more than once a day!! Yay!! :) I still know I have more healing to do-- but I'm starting to feel better and better and hey... I am back behind the wheel again! 

Did I mention I"m tired... with that.. I'm heading to bed!