TEAM BABIES::THE RECOVERY

Today is my DUE DATE! Can you believe that? 

I can't.

I still feel like I'm floating on air not being pregnant. I want to say we are slowly getting things back to normal but in all actuality we got back to our normal a long time ago. It's probably because I'm OCD like that and I thrive on my routines.

My body is doing good. This being my first C-section, I was shocked how hard it was. But that's just the thing, if I knew what to expect I would have been more prepared. All I ever heard was how easy they were. Big fat liars. Nothing about that recovery was easy. But now that I've done it, I can see why people can do them again. Because they know what to expect. And everyone was right. Give it one week and you'll feel so much better. That's exactly what happened. One week and I felt like a different person. 

And truly after that week I've recovered super quick and really can't complain. My incision looks great, I think? I haven't seen anyone else's so I really can't compare. K I just googled c-section scars and mine looks fabulous.

You know how Costco carts are built for people 6 feet or taller? I'm not exaggerating when I say the bar hits right at my boobs. Well this seems to be the only time anymore that I experience any kind of pain or tenderness around my incision. When Esther kicks me right in the gut. Bless her heart she doesn't do it on purpose but my natural reaction is to want to rip her little foot right off. 

Since my stomach has been shrinking back to it's "new" normal I've noticed a few extra stretch marks. Dang it all. They are really low though so I guess that's good. I came across this picture during my quest to find c-section scars and I can always look into something like this to hide everything. Just keeping my options open. 

 I suffer from varicose veins in my right leg when I am pregnant. Well not just in my leg, I think I'm one big vein when I have any extra weight on me. But my leg is looking good. It's pretty much one of those things, when the baby comes out the veins go away. But not completely. Each pregnancy there are new areas that just don't go away. Hopefully I can go have them stripped this year while my deductible has been met. My legs oddly enough are one of my best attributes, or so I'm told, so I need to keep them looking smart, since that's not one of my best attributes.

Recently, I literally had a hemi pop out of nowhere. If you're thinking ew gross then you probably haven't been introduced to yours yet. Don't worry, you will sometime in your life. I was in a lot of pain for about 3 days. Like a lot. I'm not sure if it was triggered from exercising or what but lets hope it doesn't happen again. The small talk in that Doctor's appointment would be pretty awkward. So... hike the narrows lately?

I did go see the Dr. to have a couple moles removed last week. I'm not sure if it's common but with every pregnancy new moles cover my body and old ones grow like a little pet. Although bonded I was glad to see my little friends go. I'm hoping they don't test as cancerous or anything like that. He said they looked fine, fine enough to keep connected to my body actually. But no thank you.  

Wow I really could go on....back fat, sore breasts, going bald, chubby fingers, the first poop. But I would like to keep some of my joys for the scrapbook. Im kidding. I really don't scrapbook. I'm just really really glad things have gone as smoothly as they have and I'm getting my body back to normal! Nothing beats that feeling of I feel pretty darn cute today. And I can't wait!