Healing

Thanks for all the messages, I just wanted you to know that I am healing. It's a slow process, but I'm getting there. Andy stayed home with me all last week, and busy days on Thursday and Friday really helped. But Saturday came and sadness returned, which is good. I denied myself sadness with baby #2, and I paid for it later.

Anyway, something about medications, this may help someone. We had some codeine left over from Andy's bout of campylobactor a few weeks ago (yes, another health disaster). So I started to take that, which helped with the cramping and helped me relax and sleep for the first few nights, but codeine constipates, so that doesn't help anything in the lower half, creating tension in an area which needed to relax more than ever. So I started plain panadol for a few days, and am off that altogether now.

For grief, I decided to get some St johns wort, but the naturopath at Common Sense Organics said that it takes weeks to work, and recommended Weleda's Relaxing Drops, and some st johns wort tea in combination. I have been sleeping well and am not feeling stressed or anxious. The bonus with the Relaxing Drops is that I can use them on Taane if he is stressed or wired and having trouble sleeping.

Will post up some pics from Taane's birthday when I find the camera.

In the meantime, here are Ruby and Taane in their Fantastic Mr Fox bandit hats.