PO day 10, still no pics :(

Well I hadn't updated cause I felt so guilty about not posting any new pics yet, but i figured I'd update anyway. It's very frustrating not being able to post pics from ur iPad/iPhone, etc. so it takes me a lot longer to get around to doing it. So anyway, I've gotta say, recovery has been much easier than I ever anticipated. I was honestly expecting the pain to be much worse than it was. If I had to rate it on the 0-10 scale, I would say the worse it ever was was a 6. I would rather do that again than give birth any day :) I would say I am probably at 70% right now. Like many have said, the back pain from being unable to stand up straight is worse than the other pain. Another painful experience was the first poop, which didn't happen until PO day 7 :( I was taking colace 3 times a day but still never pooped. I felt like I had to go, but was very obviously constipated. It hurt so bad and I didn't get much out. I got so mad and gave up. I took 4 tbsp milk of mag that night and the next evening boy did I go. It hurt like hell, but I definately needed to go. I've been taking colace once a day ever since and I've been good! So trust me, take ur MOM from day 1! Anyway, it's all been very uneventful. On day 6 I went to the outlets to get the kids some winter clothes. I just leaned against the stroller when I needed to give my back a rest. I've been cleaning the house as usual, nothing too heavy duty...laundry, dishes, cooking, etc. again, just resting my back when I need to. I am almost standing straight now tho, which has been awesome. I still have my drains in. My PS wants them to be draining less than 25 ml in 24 hours. The left one is, but I don't want to have that one removed until the other one is draining less than the 25 cause if I have the one taken out, the drainage amount for the other one will increase and only prolong it staying in. I'd rather play it safe. But the drains are extremely irritating. I have been up and out shopping, kids soccer and baseball games, etc and I have to cover them up the best I can through all that stuff. And the sites leak onto my underwear and pants and it's gross. Can't wait to get them removed! My breasts are still sore, and pretty high up, but I'm loving them!!! My incision is much higher than I would have liked, but I'm going to have to live with it, and thats ok. I have an appointment on Thursday to get stitches out and just have everything looked over. I promise I'll post pics then, cause all the steristrips and stitches will be gone. I hope everyone else is doing great! Happy healing to all u ladies out there!

Well I'm actually surprised---I thought the pain was going to be much much worse. It's actually pretty tolerable. I can get up and down from the couch on my own. I even made it upstairs and back down all by myself. My husband was like "how did u get that nightgown???". I have managed to stay awake for going on 3.5 hours now and that is huge! For the past 2 days I literally have not been able to stay awake for longer than 10 mins, which was really annoying. I did have a few bouts of vomiting but I felt a million times better after each one. I have my first PO appt on Monday and my bandages will be removed then and I can see how this all looks. I will def post some pics then. Hopefully everyone else put there is doing ok too!! Thanks to everyone for all of the support!

I got home at about 3:40 today from the surgical center. I woke up from anesthesia and vomited 3 times all over myself. I must have been on some good pain meds cause now I am in agony. And u know what's weird? Most people complain of the belly pain, but let me tell you, my boobs hurt waaaay more. It's actually my whole chest region. It feels like someone took my lungs out, used them as drums and put them back in. It hurts so bad to breath. Well I'm getting pretty tired and this update was so useless I'm sorry. I'll update again when I'm not so tired.