We have a robot!


Well hello!

This weekend DH and I received our very own robot!  It's an Amarey vacuum (like a Roomba).  It's reviewed well and went on sale, so DH bought it.  It's pretty neat.  And it's surprisingly fun to watch.

I even eat pine needles!

I did not sleep great this weekend.  TerraDactyl slept just fine, but my back was killing me.  It's fine during the day, it just hurts when I sleep.  That seems crazy, right?  I've had back problems for more than half my life  (yeesh, I'm old), so it's possible this back pain is just exacerbated by pregnancy and messed up abs.  But since it's only when I sleep, part of me wonders if it's my mattress.  We got a new one last year.  Maybe we got a lemon.

Good thing I have my own mattress!

Anyways, typically when my back hurts I do physical therapy exercises to strengthen my abs.  But I'm not supposed to do stomach exercises right now because of the C-section and the rectus dialysis (abs separating down the middle due to a giant pregnancy belly).  But I did prenatal yoga and that helped my back pain, so I've decided it's OK if I continue to do prenatal yoga.  And I think it helped this time too.  I slept better last night.  Hopefully it continues to get better. 

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  1. RuvalwoodJune 11, 2019 at 7:18 AM

    Maybe I shouldn't have read the rectus dialysis part aloud to Chayo?... Well, I do hope you continue to sleep better.

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    1. TerraDactyl's MomJune 11, 2019 at 8:00 PM

      Don't worry Chayo, it doesn't happen to everyone! It only happens to like 60% of pregnant women. And it's not like every one of those cases is complete separation. There's different degrees of separation. Mine's not that bad.

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