Postpartum month 4

Just doing a quick check in for those that have been emailing and asking!

I am now 4 months post partum.

Battling some anxiety that got ramped up during pregnancy but I'm happy to announce that the coping skills that I have been taught are proving to pay off.
 I was able to go to the mall last weekend by myself for a couple of hours and I didn't have an attack!  I was also able to go shopping at Walmart on a Saturday morning with my little family unit and didn't get an attack either!  I went to a get together at a friends house on Saturday night and while I did have a small attack there, I was able to work through it and enjoy myself!

Maybe someday I will share my whole story for you, but for now, admitting to my anxiety hard enough.

I am about 5 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight.  

I'm not looking to lose it and I haven't been trying to either...it's just falling off.  

I'm still having some pain above, around, and below my incision site.  I assume it's from it un-numbing and the nerves and any extra bending/stretching/twisting that I do.  

I went through a few days of horrible pain on one side...apparently it's Mittleschmerz.  

If it continues I have to go back in.

But, I'm doing okay otherwise!

Postpartum Month 2

Just pictures for you =)

Taken on December 20 (two days after exactly 2 months)

See Month 1 here

Postpartum: Month 1

I'm a few days past one month postpartum...

....down 22 lbs (gained 38 total)

....scar looks good (still a little glue on there!)

....my pants still don't fit (some pants from a friend fit--but I can't zip or button them....so I had to buy a new pair so that I could at LEAST zip them)

.....quite a few of my shirts don't fit

.....I'm still sore

.....still getting crazy pains in random spots (Chad calls them phantom pains)

.....getting more sleep MOST nights

.....I'm not crying as much!

....my anxiety has peaked and is slowly going back down (most days)

.....my contacts are still bothering me

.....ready to be leave the house! (Today was SO nice outside! Almost 50 out! I would have LOVED to take P for a walk around the neighborhood but I'm not cleared to lift his seat yet...and the stroller is in the back of the car--and is heavier than the seat...and I probably wouldn't have made it all the way around the small island lol)

 February:1 month along!.....October 14:due date!.....November: 1 month after!

I'm still not down to my pre pregnancy weight, which is fine.....

I'm still not back to my pre pregnancy shape, which is sorta okay......

Soon enough I'll be at a weight and shape that I'm happiest with (which isn't anything that I started with.....if you're wondering!).