Hello all....

Heading in on Thursday to have the procedure done. What is worrying me most, is coming home to two little boys (5yrs and 2yrs) and having to care for them like I do now while I'm trying to recover. Any tips or suggestions? The hubby is a shift worker and the boys are momma's boys - always want to be picked up and cuddled by their mum. Not sure they'll get the idea that mum has to take it easy and that I can't lift them for a bit.

Congrats on your upcoming date!! When I had my surgery I was the proud owner of an Autistic teenage son & a hubby a month out of the hospital from a massive heart attack & 3 heart surgeries (he was a thin, healthy, worker so to say this was a shock is an understatement). Anyway my point is you find a way! Your boys probably won't understand it totally but you can make a lot of cuddle time with them to replace the lifting. Make the bed a cozy fun zone in the days immediately following. Let them color, draw, watch TV with you in bed & they won't notice the lack of lifting/hauling. You will find so many ways to adore them without the picking up part I promise

You will do great don't worry!