Surgery Update...

Well as a lot of you know, I went and saw the back surgeon yesterday to go over the results of my MRI. I had to wait 4 months to even get into him so I was very anxious to see what he had to say. I went in thinking in my head that I would do ANYTHING to avoid having this surgery, even if it meant that I couldn't be pregnant again. When Dr. Reichman saw my xrays, he could see exactly what was wrong...a disc has slipped and has hit 2 different nerves causing pain on both sides of my back and down my legs. He said it wasn't a matter of IF I needed to have the surgery, it was WHEN I needed to have it. I would keep having the pain until it was bad enough to do the surgery. So basically after 6 years of this pain, I have accepted the fact that I need to just do it. The chances of having a full recovery are 90% and since I am so young and have a otherwise healthy spine, my chances look really good for that. So on February 18th (2 days after we get home from our Mexican cruise!) I will go under the knife! I am terrified! I have a friend who had the exact same surgery a year ago so she has helped answer a lot of questions. (The worst answer being that I will have a 10 inch scar on my lower back! Yuck!) Basically, I am looking at 3 days in the hospital, 2 weeks of total bedrest and 1 month of not doing any lifting, especially lifting my kids. The total recovery time is 6 months which means I can be pregnant 6 months after the surgery. (A big concern of mine also) This will be the hardest thing I have ever gone though! What mom feels good about taking a month of from being a mom??? I know that I will be well taken care of by Kev, my mom and other family and amazing friends. So now I have 2 months to get LOTS of stuff off my to do list around the house!