Po week 12 with pics! Strong Tummy Means a Strong Back, and a Mommy Who Can Keep Up with Her Kids! - Jacksonville, FL

I haven't noticed any diff between sites I've used scar cream and sites I haven't. I have a weird pinched sensation over my hips, like a nerve is over the hip bones when it should be in front. I assume it's from nerves reconnecting. Still have numbness around incision site. No biggie. Breasts are fine, sensation normal ;). I've lost a bit of weight over the last month or two. Starving helps ;) I'm working at the gym now.

PO 5 weeks, 2 days.
I still have little scars from the pain pump. If I'd known the pump would last ONE day, but leave scars, I'd have NOT gotten it. :/

Btw, I've been sleeping on my sides for several weeks now. I can't handle back sleeping! :)

I think I'm stuck with saggy, old lady inner thighs :( The lipo helped to reduce them some, but the extra skin, which, being stretched with so many pregnancies, I have lots, doesn't seem to be reducing. I might ask about what can be done. Obviously surgery, but how expensive, and would it be general or local? I doubt I'll do anything though. We are over-spent at this point, need to save for both a move and hubby's back surgery this summer.

"Bladder" pain has lessened in frequency and intensity. Yay. Praying it goes AWAY! We'll see....

I've just started to hold the LOs. They're around 25-30 pounds. I'll pick the littler one up if she's at arm level, like the changing table, or help her onto my lap, or stand and cuddle her for a minute if someone hands her to me. I'm avoiding the complete picking up since that really uses the abdominals. I refuse to be Super Mommy and do anything too soon and hurt myself! :)

PO 4 wks, 4 days. Been busy today, and now I'm swollen more. So I'm upstairs laying down. REALLY wish this "bladder" pain would go away! I'm doing kegels, in case the TT with MR has squished everything together and is now causing some prolapsing. Doesn't make a difference though. I'll ask PS when I see him Monday. Funny note - my nipples aren't situated where they used to be. After breast feeding 9 babies, my nipples are shaped to nurse! They are oval, with the upper tips slightly taller than the bottom tips, and the ovals are slanted slightly towards the outside. Imagine holding a baby in your arms - the angle of their mouth is the angle of my nips. Looking at a clock, my nips point to 11 and 1 badically. I hope this makes sense! Well NOW, the right one is angled slightly in vs out. Not a biggie. But the left one is completely on its side! So righty is pointing to 11, and lefty is pointing to 9. Weird! Not particularly happy, but I haven't told the PS. There's nothing to be done shy of more surgery, and that's not a possibility. Plus I'm SO glad I've retained normal nipple sensation. I don't want to risk that. And otherwise, this guy has been just fantastic. Even my hubby is impressed with the TT incision. He says it looks way better than most he's seen. My 1 drain was inserted through the incision site, so no extra scars. And he's aggressive enough to really make it look beautiful; suck all that nasty fat out! Lol!