thanks ladies! i really didnt want a section just for the extra pain and recovery time. my hubby will be home for 2 weeks on paternity leave to help out, but i will still have 5 kids to take care of. i do feel like if i have to have one its fine if it means he will be ok. whatever i have to do for him is worth it.
claire- im sorry about your discs! that sounds painful. i had a friend in college that had been in two wrecks and had something wrong with the discs in her back. she had a lot of pain from it. i hope you can get some relief for it. and arthritis, yikes!