Thursday, September 18, 2008

Progress

Emily was up every 45 minutes last night. I'm not sure why ~ she would start to eat and then fall asleep. And then wake up 45 minutes later. Finally about 6 she slept for her normal 2 1/2-ish hours before waking to eat again.
After I laid her down around 3:30 or so, I was overwhelmed by the desire to lay on my side. Since my c-section, I've been sentenced to lay on my back sort of like a frog, with pillows propped beneath each knee. It's very comfortable after nursing for an hour, but I'm a side sleeper and have missed curling up with my body pillow.
So, I took the chance that I might a) get stuck or b) cause a bunch of unneeded pain or even damage and tried my right side for about a minute. It wasn't comfortable ~ I'm still sore enough that while it didn't hurt, it wasn't where I wanted to stay for any length of time ~ but it was good enough to let me know that getting back to sleeping on my side isn't too far away. And that feels like progress. Hooray for that.

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