Our son, “Meatball” was born a little over 8 pounds.
My vagina bears the badge of 8 stitches.
The separation between the two halves of my pubic bone is 8mm wide. That doesn’t sound like a lot to me, but the nurse said it was pretty substantial… and a bigger split than when I gave birth to my first son.
Between not being able to walk, nursing around the clock, and swallowing tons of drugs – I’m doubtful of my ability to write insanely funny, heart melting, or mind changing blog posts. Instead, I think you’ll be getting more of a sleep deprived Alice In Wonderland type deal.
In honor of my 8mm split, my posts over the next month will be only 8 lines (or sentences) long. I cannot guarantee that they will make sense… or that I will not forget how to count. I can only say that I love you all too much to leave you hanging.
PS- My apologies to those of you who thought this post would be about the movie, 8mm… or a camera.
PPS- The whole “8 lines” thing doesn’t apply to this particular post… clearly…
PPPS- I am still scarred from looking at my vagina with a mirror.
PPPS- I promise not to write anymore postscripts.
PPPPS- Except for this one – I just wanted to tell you that the Chinese believe the number 8 is lucky. So, there’s that.
Bye bye.
YEOWCH! Hope you heal quickly and that you are just eating that baby up. FYI, you don’t need to post any words; just baby photos. That will suffice for at least the next 2 months. Trust me.
Congrats and take care!
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Eight (additional) words: Ow. Ouch. Yow. Eeek. Wowza. Yikes. Woah.
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The Chinese DO love the number 8. Well, this Chinese girl does.
I still can’t believe you looked at your vagina postpartum.
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If 8′s a lucky number maybe it’s a good thing you had an 8mm split. Can’t wait for the 8 line posts.
You go, girl.
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I look forward to all 8 sentences.
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Buck up Mama, a little drug induced/sleep deprived writing is just what the doctor ordered:) Besides 8 stitches is a substantial badge of honor, better than all those girl scout badges put together. Did I forget to tell you that with the second child comes the constant 6 degrees of separation way of thinking. I don’t think that it ever goes away but the fog does lift on occasion to allow for some clarity>Happy healing. XO
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Yikes! Congrats on your little one though!
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I would have looked too.
Congrats and hope you heal quickly! In the meantime, you may just have started a whole new blogging trend.
On the bright side, just think of how utterly and completely you can embarrass Meatball when he starts to date by telling everyone about your vag-stitches and 8mm pubic gap.
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I don’t have stitches in my penis, and I’m not on any drugs . . . and I still can’t ever count on myself to count to 8.
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Lucky number 8!
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Lucky #8…that’s gotta mean something, right? Looking forward to the 8 line posts.
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I believe if ever given the chance our vaginas would be best friends. I will take your 8 stitches and raise you 210
It’s almost been a year since I delivered my daughter and I still can’t look at my vagina without shuddering. It doesn’t look the same. She was 9 lbs 2 oz and blew me to bits. We couldn’t successfully have sex for 6 months. Therefore I believe you can appreciate this little diddy – its something I wrote a few months ago.
http://www.pinneditmadeit.com/2011/09/musings-from-mother.html
p.s. how common is it for your pubic bone to actually split?
It is not very common to split the pubic bone giving birth. My first was 9lbs 6 ounces and that’s when it first split. I pushed for almost two hours and he got stuck. They vacuumed him out, but not before the damage was done. Owie.
Oh my goodness. So you had 2 vaginal deliveries and it split with both? How come they didn’t advise a c-section, or was it your choice to go vaginal? Wow. Just wow. I mean W.O.W.
Love it – the post, that is. Dislike – the 8mm ouch. And if 8 is a lucky number, may it speed your healing, help your Meatball sleep through the night sooner than later, and keep your sanity through it all. :>
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Thanks. Too late on the sanity part, but the rest of it I’ll take!
The word around the maternity ward when I was discharged was that I was “the one with more stitches than a c-section.”
But I didn’t break any bones. So you are my hero. I don’t know how you do it.
Next 8 line post should be about how to cope w/ colicky baby. Please?
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This idea is so great.
I’ve gone back and read:
they remind me why I love poetry.
SO efficient.
xo
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