Good news: I’ve lost more than half of my baby weight. I can button one pair of very, very low rise jeans.
Bad news: I still have 25 pounds to lose. My belly hangs over the button of the very, very low rise jeans.
Speaking of losing it, some of the white trash mamas on my message board have been desperately screwing their boyfriends, trying to keep them from leaving them and their “withdrawal babies” since they were in the recovery room at the hospital and say their hoping they’re not pregnant again. Others are waiting until their new IUDs are successfully installed. For all you mothers, fathers and pregnant people out there, how long did you wait, or how long do you think you’ll wait to reconvene the procedure?
Leigh | 26-Apr-06 at 3:50 pm | Permalink
still waiting…the child was 7 weeks old yesterday. i haven’t had my 6 week check yet as they sent me home last week because i was still, um, flowing. i plan to wait to get the all clear from the doc - i’m in no hurry, in fact, i’m a bit scared!
clipper829 | 26-Apr-06 at 3:59 pm | Permalink
As soon as the birth control kicks in and I’m sure I won’t get pregnant again. I am in NO HURRY to go through this again.
Dawn and Ricky | 26-Apr-06 at 4:41 pm | Permalink
My baby is 4 1/2 months old and we’ve only done the “procedure” LOL .. twice. And both times it hurt like hell. Well, actually the second time it just hurt. We waited when James was 3 months old to try and that was also due to my neverending bleeding. I bled for 3 months straight after James was born. Yet you always hear, “6 weeks is the norm”. Whatevah…lol
jennifer Gaussoin | 26-Apr-06 at 5:50 pm | Permalink
Wow… I never want to have kids now.
S. | 26-Apr-06 at 7:09 pm | Permalink
Oh, thank you for the white trash update! Thrills my voyeuristic little heart.
After first baby…. waited a very long time, don’t remember how long. I’d had a pretty traumatic delivery with forceps and episiotomy that went to you-don’t-want-to-know-where. Second and third baby waited seven weeks after, which is when the lochia stopped.
I *meant* to comment on your sleeping posts, but, ummm… well, you know how that goes. I had good intentions. Just go with what works for YOU and YOUR family. Here we cosleep until around 8 months then transition to the crib in another room. It’s just what works easiest with breastfeeding and my husband’s insane need for baby snuggle time. But that’s just us.
Anonymous | 27-Apr-06 at 12:04 am | Permalink
What’s your plan for the 25 pounds?
Fraulein N | 27-Apr-06 at 9:29 am | Permalink
If I had just had a baby I don’t think I’d want to have The Sex EVER AGAIN, but that’s just me.
And I love hearing about what the white trash mamas are up to, too.
Doodlebug1012 | 27-Apr-06 at 10:32 am | Permalink
I don’t even want to think about sex yet. I would guess that Mr. Doodlebug already has.
salynn | 27-Apr-06 at 11:49 am | Permalink
Well, we tried at like 7 weeks. And OUCHIE OUCHIE OUCHIE. And so nix on that. Then we tried at 8 weeks and DOUBLE THE TRIPLE OUCHIE. (I am eloquent today, remind me to tell you about my inability to alphabetize for some reason - wait, don’t, it’s BORING). Anyway. So then I put a moratorium on the procedure for two weeks. At 10 weeks-ish we reconvened. And there was some discomfort and it wasn’t altogether pleasant, but by golly, the procedure was reconvened! Now it is way better. The end.
karmajenn | 28-Apr-06 at 1:13 pm | Permalink
Wait, we’re supposed to have sex again? My son is four months old, and, seriously? Any precious free time is spent catching up with sleep or feverishly doing things around the house. Mr. K hasn’t minded, so far. That’s what he SAYS, anyway.
Six weeks is the norm? My flabby post-partum ass, it is.