Have I mentioned that I love, love, love my doctor? He has delivered both of our sons, and I'm just so incredibly grateful for the care that he has given to our family.
Went in for my two week c-section check up today, with Mr. Nicholas. He slept the entire time and made my doctor grin from ear to ear. (I think he enjoys seeing the babies that he has delivered.) The doctor needed to re-check my incision one last time before the six week appointment. The incision is looking great, basically the scar is pretty dark and the incision line is numb. However, the scabs are completely gone and it is healing quickly. It looks like a happy face when I'm sitting on the couch.
Before the doctor even had a chance to check the incision, I bombarded him with a question. I asked him as I was laying back onto the table, "SO...What are my restrictions now that I'm past the two week mark???" He gave me the usual "no strenuous lifting", "no major abdominal exercises", etc, etc. I noticed that he made no mention of running, so I just threw it out there, fully expecting to hear a six week restriction. And, MUCH to my surprise, he said to take things easy for just one more week!!!!!! I almost jumped off the table with joy. He, of course, made sure to elaborate on his answer by adding that I need to take it easy, stop if anything hurts, etc, etc. I nodded happily and promised to take things easy. I fully intend to take running easy in the weeks to come, but just to be given the clearance and to know that I'm one step closer to running with my girlfriends again; makes me SO incredibly happy.
It looks like the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot is not ruled out at this time! Heck, I might even be able to participate in another little race in just a few weeks. (You can choose the distance-two, four, or six miles. I'm just going for the 2 miles, at this time.)
Had to share the happy news! And it's also time for some more cute pictures of our sweet baby boy...
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