Hi Heather. How did you get Tess into a routine? Is she just fitting into the routine you have with the boys? Poppy seems to do things differently every day. The only thing we can count on is a longish sleep sometime between midnight and 5am. I think she's spending more time awake now, which is nice. She's also become a champion farter. She doesn't throw up though, which is fantastic.

Nattyfred, thanks for your nice comment. I think I'm a complete wuss, actually, after that birth experience.

How is everyone else going? (Oh, Poppy just peed on me. DP didn't put her nappy on properly)

I am feeling SO much better today after spending most of yesterday and last night at the GP and then the hospital. I just decided that the pain I was in wasn't normal. I waited in emergency until an on-duty obstetrician was free. They had my file too, which was good because I thought I had 10 stiches but I had a 10cm tear stitched up. The stitches had not dissolved so they were snipped in case they were too tight. I also had some granulated scar tissue burnt off (double ) and was given some antibiotics and some local anasetic to take home. I woke up this morning without any pain. I tried to take it easy today, but went for a bit of a walk along the beach. Now there is a slight sting there but nothing like the pain I was experiencing before.

I feel good enough to plan a break in Brisbane (yahoo, party town). DP wants to explore "the city" and I need a break from my parents, even though they've been wonderful. My dad, who usually goes to bed at 7pm, waited at the hospital with me until 11pm. And the seats were really uncomfortable (even if you didn't have a sore wuwu). It was a bit embarrassing to be talking about stitches and tears in front of my dad, though, who is a little bit deaf so his involvement in the conversations went thundering through the waiting area for everyone to hear (double ).