TTC and Beyond!

[morganwhite7]

Julie- for me, I had staples and steri-strips which stay on for 2 weeks minimum. The staples come out in the hospital. You are supposed to cover it though so I remember I bought medical tape and cut up a huge pad in a long strip to cover the incision, and taped around the outside. You can use tissue paper or whatever you'd like though.. The pad was just comfy there. A week after you should be good to go! I think a month after surgery I was fully healed. I just can never go back to wearing the low rise pants/undies that I did. It hurts to have any elastic or whatnot over top of it. You'll do great! It's really no big deal, I didn't think at least.

 

[clynn11]

Rachel don't beat yourself up Ellie just decided to come early and even though what you're going through is hard now, it will all be worth it when she's home. Which is going to happen SOON!

 

[goldstns]

Robert- why r u here? Thought u don't have reception at the lake? Everything ok?

rachel- don't blame yourself....shes healthy, just needs stronger lungs. But shell get that soon and b home!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Rachel it's not your fault, don't beat your self up.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

I agree Rachel. I know it's hard not to blame ourselves, but babies come when they come. It's nothing you did, not something you could have prevented. She will do just fine, and just came a tad early to see her parents! Thinking of you!!

 

[RobertRedford]

Nikki, I'm jumping on the neighbors wireless. Shhh don't tell. All is well

Just woke up from a nap. Oh, glorious naps!

 

[Cowgirl07]

Amanda rr glad you are having a nice time. We won't tell.

 

[RobertRedford]

Thanks Katrina, how are you?

 

[Cowgirl07]

I'm well just got home from work and hoping to enjoy what's left of the weekend. I am waiting for o still and bought some clear blue opks last night and apparently I am no where near ovulation. maybe I should have stuck with answer ones. I am getting a bit anxious for Tuesday but I am not to worried.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Thanks ladies for the encouragement. The dr took Ellie off her IV lipids and decreased her tpn YAY! Still on cpap but the cannula keeps falling out of her nose and she was still maintaining her o2 and hasn't gotten distressed at all. The night shift nurse said she was going to try to figure out a way to keep it in her nose. I told her that it's been falling out for 2 days and that she's still doing well. So she said she's going to leave it and casually mention how good she's done with it sitting right below her nose. I hope that helps wean her off the cpap. She's also starting to feel hunger and will start screaming and opening her mouth, sticking her tongue out, and rooting when it gets close to feeding time. She also sucks like crazy on her binky when she's hungry. Makes me happy. Hopefully that means she will feed well when we start working on eating. She also had the biggest blowout this morning lol. I took a picture for DH since he hasn't changed a diaper yet. I told him to take the little poopies before that breast milk started going through her....haha now they are nasty huge poops.

 

[RobertRedford]

Rachel, that is wonderful news!! Glad miss Ellie is getting stronger, slowly but surely. How are you feeling? Laughing out loud about the pic of the diaper.

 

[Disneybaby26]

Awe, Rachel!! I'm so glad she's doing so well, I'm sure you guys wil be home in no time! Don't blame yourself for anything, you are already a great momma bear, looking out for her best interest. Xo

I've heard good things about the belly bandit too! Even for non c-section mommas!! Okay- I may have gotten it from the Karsahians but hey, couldnt hurt why not give it a shot?! Lol

Waves- I just showed DH you video of Leah, he was like whoaaaaaa!! I think now that our group has started firing babies out its getting to be more real for him! She's too cute!

 

[frsttimemama]

I also had staples --like 20-some. I had mine for a week, open to air, then steri-strips til they fell off. They gave me an abdominal binder in the hospital.

Rachel, glad she's doing so great!

Katrina, fx for O soon!

I feel rough today! Just general sore and bleh. Idk why. Probably just too much time in the car and fast food.

 

[Cowgirl07]

Rachel I'm glad she's doing better.

 

[RobertRedford]

Kara, lol, me too. I want the kardashian one. No shame. a friend used her (non kardashian) one religiously after her baby was born vaginally and loved it.

 

[wavescrash]

Julie - regarding c/s pain... Apparently I seem to be in the few lol. So many people I talked to had easy recoveries and there have been maybe 1 or 2 girls that shared similar experiences to mine. No idea what the difference is but oh well. Yesterday was the absolute worst for me but I'm sure the lack of sleep (none in 2 days) played a huge part in that. I was taking 2 Percocet every 4 hours on top of Toradol in my IV until 6am yesterday. That still wasn't enough to take even the edge off. However our awesome nurse last night offered to keep Leah in the nursery all night so I could get a solid block of sleep and fed her Good Start formula from a syringe. I wasn't too happy giving her formula because I just didn't want it to upset her belly and cause her to spit-up but I needed my sleep so I agreed. Leah did well with the formula so that's a bonus too. I'm not against formula feeding as we did with autumn and Hannah (I bf her for 3 weeks but ultimately went to formula) but they both spit up so much and I hate seeing them go through that.

Anyway they watched her last night and brought her in to feed at 5:30am. I managed to sleep 12am-5:30 and then 6:30-8:15ish. I've stepped down to 1 Percocet and 1 Motrin every 4-5 hours and feel SO much better today. Had my first bowel movement which scared me lol but wasn't that bad. We have amaaaazing nurses and I'm going to miss them lol. Leah's doing great, sleepin well and eating well. She's at 15 min per side roughly every 3 hours but today she's been wanting to eat a little more often at times. She latches and eats so well. My nipples aren't all bloody today though they still hurt a bit when she first latches.

I will say I wish everyone hadn't told me how pain free their c/s recovery was because it made it so much worse when I was having a hard time yesterday so I just wanted to share my experience. It was awful but like I said, today is much better although I do have moments where it still hurts pretty bad. Hopefully your experience isn't like mine though

 

[wavescrash]

Oh and I don't have staples. I do have steri-strips though. I can take and post a picture of my incision if you're curious.

 

[goldstns]

Robert - have u tested again? Is it getting darker?

 

[wavescrash]

Waves- I just showed DH you video of Leah, he was like whoaaaaaa!! I think now that our group has started firing babies out its getting to be more real for him! She's too cute!

Aw thanks haha that's so funny though!

 

[frsttimemama]

Waves, sorry my experience made you feel worse yesterday. I imagine the sleep was a huge part. I obviously didnt have a baby and I was so exhausted from crying and pain pills that I slept, but not well. Anyway glad you are feeling better today. And glad Leah is doing well.