As much as the 'next baby' thought is bugging me we won't be doing the next baby for a while. My physical therapist spent 2 hours with me today and we talked about pregnancy. She thinks I need a good 6-9 months to get my back strong. She is 100% confident my back can get strong again. If I didn't do PT most likely another tear would have happened.
We are starting my back therapy in the pool. It is the safest and best way to start. I can't tolerate land therapy at this time. Yesterday and today were very painful days. With a tear and a disc bulge the worse thing is sitting. It puts tremendous pressure on the displaced disc which can hit nerves in your spine. Well the business trip I was just on was a 10 hour drive total with a day of sitting in meetings. I did take Vicodin but it didn't matter it was still painful. I fell asleep at 6am this morning from the pain. GRRR!!
The therapist read my MRI further and noticed areas where blood supply was cut off. With PT and my new Tense machine we should get blood supply to that location. I want to do pilates or other exercises but she said not to do any movement. Right now movement of my spine will make it worse. That is why she wants to start in the pool and with breathing exercises. My main issue is that my stomach muscles are very weak. This is partially because of delivering Brandon. My core area is very weak which means my back has to support almost the rest of my body. So I am working on building my core area. They are also going to put me on a table to stretch me (when I am ready to do it). This sometimes pops the disc back into place. That would be great if that happened.
My Tense machine is on quite a bit. I have to take breaks every 2 hours but it is helping a lot. I have used these before (the larger ones) at the chiropractors office. They stay on for 10-15 minutes and then they send me on my way. I guess it doesn't do much good with that low time. I was very impressed they were able to give me a machine to take with me and use. I just attach it to my belt loop and go. It is nice and small but the cords do hang out. I have noticed it helps a lot.
So- for now we will work hard on strengthening my back. We will save up more money. We will get things at home more organized (I like no clutter but moving in, being sick, and caring for an infant means the house takes the back burner).
Rob and I talked about the next baby- we will try for the next one once I get the ok from my therapist and my back is at least 75% better. We both agree we want our girl (but we will take any healthy baby).
Brandon is having a few rough days. His top 2 teeth have literaly poked through the last few days. I know that is painful for him. He is knawing at everything- his nuk and bottles. He has a up and down temp and meds are helping with that and the pain.
He is saying WOW alot too.
I will post some great photos soon.
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