Oh wow Gigi, I really hope so (I've been thinking I'm crazy). Basically after the birth, immediately after, my leg was totally weak - I couldn't stand on it or even move it onto the bed (I gave birth standing up). That sorta continued for about 24 hours and has slowly been decreasing over the past 3 weeks - now it feels like I have a local aneasthetic wearing off on my right foot from the ankle down. The ankle is still weak but the strength is getting better - previously I couldn't even kick off my uggs - they were too heavy - but now I can lift the uggs with my foot. I can't feel anything on the skin but I can feel the pressure.

Is this what you have? Please let me know!

I went to the docs (specialist) today for a follow-up and he's given me 3 possible causes:

* nerve entrapment (either at spine level or lower)
* Central nervous system problem (so I'm getting a MRI of my brain!) or
* Some disease like Lupus.

He thinks its the former, specially as Patrick came out with his hand on his chin (little monkey!)

Oooh, I must put in my email for a new avatar!

I can't believe Patrick is already 3 weeks old ... he's still asleep. I'm really lucky in that he does sleep well. Generally he'll sleep about 3 hours in between feeds, although the other night he slept between 12:30 and 7 am! woohoo! Of course, last night he didn't ... and right now he's been asleep since about 6:30 (although on my tummy, not in his bed) so he'll be waking soon for a feed.

Kris - Patrick sleeps well in his bouncinette well too ... in his cradle, the little bugger is pushing his way up the bed, I put him in with his feet at the bottom (as per SIDS recommendations) and when I pick him up, his head is almost touching the other end. Soon he'll wiggle off the apneoa monitor and give me the shock of my life - similar to Danni I bet!

Danni - the turning point for me with the formula was when we were in hospital, and I'd done 3 feeds without a wet nappy. That started alarm bells ringing, and I started him on the formula immediately (after the nurses responded to my repeated bell presses!) and viola, next nappy was nice and wet. So knowing I was doing my best to keep him healthy quickly overcame any sadness I had about going on formula. You'll work it out for yourself, although it sounds like your milk's coming in again!