My new sister-wife…she is fat.
We have welcomed a new soul into our home.
Anyone watch “Big Love?” It’s good. 
I call her “the bag of jello that used to be a baby” or tbojtutbab for short. That’s not very short, actually. Hmmm. Did you try to say it out loud? You did, didn’t you? I did. Let’s shorten it even further. Maybe Tboj? Tutbab? I know! B-Jub. Kind of like J-Lo, but much much flabbier.
So….B-Jub? Is big. And flabby. And takes up a lot of room in my pants and elsewhere.
And? Hangs over my incision causing a repulsive buildup of moisture in a location that should not be moist.
Ew.
I have an opening in my incision. Yes, still. Three weeks later. A gaping hole in the middle of it that should be healed but alas, is not. Partially because I’m a stubborn ass who does too much and partially because B-Jub doesn’t let it dry like it should. My nurse sister-in-law checked it out and it’s not infected. This is good. But I have to clean it and tape big hunks of gauze in the fold that shouldn’t be there. If it sounds gross? It is. Perhaps grosser (more gross?) even.
Aren’t you glad you stopped by MMTaM today?
February 4th, 2008 at 4:43 am
She is not fat – she is skin. She will slowly firm up on her own. If she is still hanging around at 7 mos postpartum like my sister wife is, then and only then is she fat.
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February 4th, 2008 at 10:49 am
OMG I soooo know what you’re going through. And it sucks, I know. I had a c-section on 1/18 and since I was so completely swollen with water retention before it, I was left with the same big flabby, saggy, bag of nothingness hanging down over my incision.
I also refused to sit still once I got home. How can you with a toddler and a newborn and so much around the house that needs to be done???
Anyway I had the same moisture issue and a lovely odor to go with it. Thankfully it’s not infected, not open and the swelling has gone down dramatically… I lost 28 pounds in a week. It’s insane the things we go through for our little ones.
Oh, so CONGRATS!!! on the birth of your precious little girl and hope you’re back to your regular self soon enough!
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February 4th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
you are priceless funny. She’ll leave you sson, I’m sure!
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February 4th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
you are priceless funny. She’ll leave you sson, I’m sure!
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February 5th, 2008 at 6:59 am
From one stubborn ass who does too much to another, try to at least rest and heal. Although I know that’s harder said than done…
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February 5th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Since I’m a stubborn ass myself, I’m not going to lecture, just gonna ask you to slow down a tad bit.
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February 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Belated congratualtions!!! She is beautiful – I have been so swamped with my crew that I have hardly been on to check out blogs. I think I laughed when I was told to be sure to rest – with 5? Hah!
But do try to slow down a bit 
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February 5th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Glad it is not infected. Take care of you and make sure you heal. Those beautiful babies need you.
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February 5th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
i am glad i stopped by, actually, cuz you made me laugh out loud. and yes, i did try saying your insane acronym out loud. so, clearly i missed a bunch, since my last visit you were preggers. congrats! and don’t be so hard on yourself! my son is almost 2 and i haven’t lost the baby weight! now that’s lame!
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February 6th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
You’re funny. Hee hee.
Perhaps I find it funny because I’ve never given birth. Hmm.
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February 7th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Mmmm… one more of those awesome side effects of motherhood. AND? Who can freakin’ rest when they have a toddler and a newborn? Self cleaning houses have yet to be invented and even crappy not-so-nutritionally-sound-food has to be nuked or warmed up or opened or ordered so there’s really not a way to rest after childbirth. Hope you’re new friend disappears soon. I didn’t have a c and my abdominal walls were ruined by baby two. Until I can afford plastic surgery (probably around the fifth of never), I will be miss jelly belly. No matter how much dieting and ab exercises I subject myself to.
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February 11th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Oh, this made me laugh. I had a c-section with my first daughter and had the same thing, only mine DID get infected. YUCK. Getting ready for my second c-section in two weeks. I’m not looking forward to the return of the sister wife.
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February 11th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Okay, my second c-section is in 10 weeks. Geez! Wishful thinking over here.
(And yeah, this second comment is confirmation that I am a dork. How’s that for a first impression?)
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