Re: My baby arrived!

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At Wed, 23 May 2001, Buff wrote: >
>Mother's Day (ironic, eh?), a perfect 8 pound 5 ounce baby girl. She's
>so beautiful. Thanks to all, particularly the MDs here, for your
>support. Yours is an invaluable service.
>
>My labor and delivery were really pretty uneventful, 7 hours labor, 20
>mins pushing and she was here. I suffered a 2nd degree spontaneous lac
>but it's healing quite nicely. Never bothered me actually.
>
>What's bothering me is my tailbone, I think I've either bruised it or
>fractured it while giving birth. I've fractured vertebrae before
>(lumbar #4 and #5) so I know what this feels like. How common is this?
>My OB didn't have many answers, and my sister (the ER MD) said there's
>not a whole lot that can be done about it anyway. Do the OBs here have
>insight? It hurts only when sitting. Standing, walking, laying flat, no
>problem but geez, getting up from a sitting position is torture. It's
>getting better, slowly, and OTC analgesics....heck even narcotics
>(Perks) don't touch this pain. Any suggestions?

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