I am going to sleep with my heating pad tonight. Pretty sore for the last two hours or so and I’m again going to blame the weather. We’ve got another strom – and the potential for a foot of snow – on the way. But I needed to take a minute to recognize that Feb. … Continue reading
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Playing in the snow
It has been a crazy week here in “Oz”. We got more than nine inches of snow on Wednesday night into Thursday morning and more Thursday afternoon. It closed our campus for Thursday and Friday. And that meant this new momma who grew up in North Dakota got to take her little one to play … Continue reading
Six months later
It has been six months since my first blog post. No, this will not be a confession of any kind. But it will be a chance to reflect on how different things are for my husband, the Little Guy and me. On August 5, when I started this blog, I was awaiting surgery to repair … Continue reading
Happy Birthday
It’s just after midnight on my son’s first birthday. I should be overwhelmed with joy right now. Instead, part of me wishes I could throw a plate through a window. I’m angry. I’m sad. And I’m weak right now. I’m angry because I feel like I got cheated out of the first nearly 10 months … Continue reading
In over my head?
I started classes this week. I work at a university and one of the greatest benefits that come with a job on campus is one free class per semester. When we got here I decided I should make the most of that opportunity. While I was wheelchair-bound, post pelvic reconstruction surgery to fix the diastasis … Continue reading
Big idea: A community in the US like Pelvic Partnership
I have this big idea. Really, I had it the day I launched a Facebook page and Twitter feed for this blog. Most recently, I registered this blog at BlogHer (It’s not in the directory yet, but it will be soon), in hopes of connecting with more moms who have or are experiencing pelvic pain … Continue reading
Should I have talked to my midwife about my shoesize?
A very dear friend of mine is not yet a mother but reads a lot about baby care, childrearing and at least partially because of my experience she reads about the pelvis and its role in pregnancy and childbirth. On Christmas Eve she opened a very thoughtful and lengthy email with a link to the … Continue reading
I will never forget
Because of her, I will never forget that I am awesome! Do you remember how great it felt to get mail when you were 9? Before you got bills and surveys and credit card applications. Remember what it felt like to get a birthday card or the once in a blue moon post card. I … Continue reading
Guess what I can do
Guess what I did yesterday? I used an elliptical machine for six minutes! Six. Whole. Minutes. I started out slow and Amy adjusted the machine so all I had to think about was moving my legs. We talked through what it felt like, I adjusted my feet on the pedals so my left hip didn’t … Continue reading
The levy is broken
When I was barely 16, our town flooded. The Flood of 1997 in Grand Forks, North Dakota was the second time in my life that something that happened to me caused me to go into survival mode. It seems the experience of separating my pelvis during childbirth (officially, the condition is known as diastasis symphysis pubis) and … Continue reading
Separated at Birth 