I'm human again!

Thankfully day 4 was like a one hit wonder and by day 5 I was back to my "really happy I did this and I do like my boobs and everything is going great" self again. I even cleaned the half bathroom, did some laundry, fixed lunch for the kids and got the kitchen cleaned up. And then my body reminded me that I needed to rest, so I took a short nap with the little one while the older girls watched their brother. Since I needed to sleep at an angle, I propped a good 6 or so pillows under me in bed while I layed with her. It was not as comfortable as the chair, and I decided the only time I would lie like that was when I was putting her down for her nap. Yeah yeah, I know, she needs to sleep in her own bed. But I have co slept with all my kids, and I've loved it. She's just older than the rest were when I transitioned them into their beds.

After that morning of doing more than I probably should, I took it easy the rest of the day. Now, I don't remember if I've mentioned this before, but I'm telling you now....the bloat.....is bad. Susan had told me that the anesthesia and pain meds can constipate you, and I had everything I needed to combat it, but no one mentioned the whole bloating thing to me. Some of it may have been because of the whole plumbing issue, because things weren't too normal in that department either, but holy cow, I didn't expect what I saw when I looked in the mirror. During the planning phase of my aug, I had said how nice it would be to have my very full D pregnancy/nursing breasts without having to compete with the big ole belly. Heck if they weren't competing on day 5! Considering how long and hard I had worked to lose the baby weight I wasn't real happy with the situation.

Thankfully, I learned it was completely normal to be bloated, and that it would slowly go away over the next few days. I hadn't gotten on the scale since surgery, since I had read many women's reports that they had gained immediately afterwards, but that it was only temporary. I just hoped it ended quickly for me because I am not a patient person!