One week from now I'm having surgery. In the long run it will be very good. Its for my migraines and with less migraines I will be able to be a better mommy and spend more time with lo. But recovery is going to suck. I cant pick up lo for 4-6 weeks. I can hold her, but I cant strain my neck so actually picking her up is a no no. I'm devistated. All I do is care for my lo and now for over a month I won't be able to do that. Ill still be with her every day but its not the same. So I figured at least id get some good snuggle and play time in with her this week, but so far it's been all migraines so my mom gets to have her. I'm so upset. I cant wait for.this month to pass.
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I can't imagine how difficult that will be. My heart goes out to you for not getting the chance to have some serious snuggle time pre-surgery so far and also for the recovery period. I pray your surgery will do exactly what it is supposed to with no complications so you can get back to being the best mom possible.
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That sounds unbelievable sucky but just think it will be worth it in the long run. Right now you're suffering and can't spend all your time with the LO as it is. But 4-6 weeks of not picking her up, wow. =( Thank goodness you have your mom to help, too!! *hugs*
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thats sucky, but just remember the recovery is only temporary and then you will be better than your old self!
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Oh dear! It will be so hard not to pick LO up but as you know, it'll all be worth in when you are recovered. HUUUUGS!
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Hoping for a healthy speedy recovery for you!
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hopefully you can give her lots of hugs and still hold her sitting down, right?
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awww, so sorry to hear this. i can only imagine! but you're right, a happy and healthy mommy is a better mommy! best wishes for a speedy recovery. hope the surgery can help with the migraines.
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Thanks ladies. I know it's for the best... I just feel like I have a lot going on in my life right now and the only happy thing (other than my amazing husband) is my LO. So not having her there to cheer me up is going to be so hard.
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@artbee:
that is very very sad. But you're right, the outcome will be so much better than what you have now. Appreciate the snuggles now (and during recovery! maybe you can start gathering activities you can do in bed together?) and also can you gather videos of her so you can enjoy them while she's with your mom?
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*HUGS* Light at the end of the tunnel! While you won't be able to pick up your LO for a month, it's better than having migraines for however long and missing out on other milestones because you have to sit out. Wishing you a speedy recovery! Maybe it won't take you the whole 4-6 weeks to recover!
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Aw.
Hopefully it'll go by fast. I get severe migraines from time and time and they're SO debilitating. I can't imagine getting them as often as you have. This surgery will make things so much better for you and your family, I'm sure. Hope you have a super speedy recovery!!!!!
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That is sad! I hope the surgery works well for you, so all of this, and the recovery is worthwhile for you.
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@mrs. wagon: Unfortunately watching videos of LO and not being able to snuggle her would probably make me cry. Especially because they always make me cry anyway because I see how big she's getting so fast. I'm kinda sappy. Luckily I'll still be with her every day. I just won't get to pick her up so I need someone there to help with all the work. It just sucks because I want to be the one doing it!
@Alivoo01: I'm pretty sure it will take the whole time- I'm just hoping for 4 instead of 6! But if I do things too fast it'll mess everything up and I'll just have to go in for surgery again.
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@artbee: I cry when I watch videos of my LO when she was younger too. They grow so fast!
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@artbee: awww..... too sweet. what more can I say? it will be sad and you have a right to be sad
Just think of how amazing it will be when you can start up again and how much your LO will have missed you!!!! and OH DEAR about taking it too fast-- you can rely on your hellobee friends to keep you company and discourage you from doing too much so that you can back to your daughter faster!!!
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Aww! Hopefully the next month will fly for you and this will overall lead to an improvement in your quality of life and time with your daughter.
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@chopsuey119: I know! I love her so much and I'm so happy that she's getting big and doing fun things and doing what she's supposed to be doing, but whenever I see a newborn I tear up!
@mrs. wagon: You're so sweet! And thank you for saying that I have a right to be sad. My husband, of course only trying to help, is trying to cheer me up and doesn't like that I cry about this, but it's sad! I have emotions and I'm allowed to! I will be on hellobee a lot more to make the time pass.... watch out @chopsuey119!
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Aww. I'm sorry. It must be hard. Let's hope these next 4-6 weeks fly by for you.
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@artbee: hahaha. bring it!
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@chopsuey119: It's brought!
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@chopsuey119: @artbee: omg. You grapefruits are so hardcore hellobee it's not even funny! Well, yes it is.
We should definitely schedule a few post-a-thons to keep @artbee company!!!
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awww, sorry the short-term is going to suck, but long-term, how GREAT would it be to have no migraines! good luck with the surgery! and hope your LO adjusts well.
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@tequiero21: This is random. But whenever I see your sn the song "Bailamos" plays in my head.
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Best wishes!
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@chopsuey119: omg lol. that's too funny! now i'm afraid i'm going to hear that song when i see your name.
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Thinking of you!
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Aww... good luck! Yes, it will be terribly hard to not pick up your baby, but the surgery will be best for both of you in the long run. 4-6 weeks sounds like an eternity right now, but I'm sure you'll be amazed how quickly it passes.
hopefully you can give her lots of hugs and still hold her sitting down, right?
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