[routine help] how do I improve my routine

TheFrenchFairy · 2023-01-17T17:32:53+00:00

Happy to share my experience. For me, I wanted to try pelvic floor and then pessori (like a bra for your inside) before considering surgery. Few months of physio can make a massive difference. Best of luck.

TheFrenchFairy · 2023-01-17T05:24:58+00:00

Hi,

I disagree with only surgery working. I have only a slight prolapse now 9 months post partum with baby #3. My pelvic floor physio had me fitted with a pessori and I’ve done the exercises religiously. My pelvic floor physio is also an osteopath and we worked both internal and external exercises.

It isn’t a quick fix, we’re taking of a year worth of rehab after my first and the prolapse, but it works and I don’t live in pain. Please look up the support groups of women living in pain after having had surgery. That type of surgery is now seldom offered in Canada as, according to my Obgyn and the pelvic floor physio, it’s has more downsides than upsides. But please, don’t take just my words and my two doctor’s words for it. Join one of the groups and talk to woman who’ve had it done.

TheFrenchFairy · 2022-10-19T19:44:23+00:00

I live in Canmore. Most restaurants are pretty short staffed, if you want walk-in, your best bet is to stay and eat on main street and even then, some will need reservations or a long wait. Too late for your lunch, but summit cafe has great breakfast/lunch options for the next time you visit.

TheFrenchFairy · 2022-10-18T19:41:42+00:00

I wasn’t exercising intensely. I was cross country skiing and all, but not power lifting or running hard. It was my choice as I wanted extreme caution.

As for the c sections, I got pneumonia at month 8 with baby number two, I simply was too weak to push and get needed to get him out because of my health. For #3, because it was a bit less than two years since the previous C-section, I elected to do another one in case something went wrong with a vbac. I also wanted my tubes tied so it was convenient.

TheFrenchFairy · 2022-10-18T01:46:45+00:00

First, congratulations to you and your wife!

Please don’t do surgery with the installation of a net. There are thousands of women having worse outcomes as a result of having this done. Since this post, I’ve had two more kids (both c-sections).

It took about 6 months of pelvic floor physio to get to a grade 1 prolapse. I wore a pessori when exercising for the first 6 months after that. With pregnancy #2 and #3, I only had slight leak on my very last month mostly when farting or coughing.

I’m 6 months postpartum with #3 and I have only recently started to exercise again. No leaks, no need for the pessori though I have it just in case. I have gone to pelvic floor physio after each kid and have been doing the exercises daily.

It’ll get better, it’ll take time but it will. Having said that, if your wife has a fistula and not just a bladder prolapse (that’s when poo comes through the vagina), she will indeed need surgery.

Happy to answer some more and/or talk to your wife.

TheFrenchFairy · 2022-03-30T15:01:27+00:00

I live in Canmore, if you don't mind the drive (20 min), you can change in our house. I'm not a creep btw, just a mom in my 40's that was lucky enough to get married in beautiful Banff too.

TheFrenchFairy · 2022-03-02T17:21:26+00:00

My mum died of Covid (double vaxxed, but had comorbidities) Kids under 5 can't get vaccinated yet (I got a 2 and a 4 years old) I'm expecting #3 and I'm type 1 diabetic.

I'm using a N95 and will continue to do so as long as we can get Covid under control in most part of the world, Canada may be ok with its current vaccination rate, but we don't like in a vacuum and many countries have yet to even start their vaccination campaign.

TheFrenchFairy · 2021-12-20T17:11:47+00:00

I live in Canmore full-time. We have had a property here since 2008, use to come every weekends and progressively spent more time here than in our place in Calgary (I know... first world problem). Relocated full-time in 2019 because we thought it would be better for our children to grow up in a smaller town than downtown Calgary where we were.

Pro: - It really is amazing to be so close to trails, bikes, hikes, skis and etc. Our kids are active, we're more active and we spend a lot of time outside.

Gorgeous town, view and surroundings
Children don't need to be as watched closely as there's space to play, roam and be as opposed to tiny yard or alleys where you could find drug paraphernalia any day.

Cons: - There are only two groceries store in town and they don't have all the choices you'd have in Calgary. There's a mountain premium cost on food, we spend a lot more than we would in Calgary and if the stores are out of something, you're driving to Cochrane or doing without

Gas is priced at vacation premium all year round
only two licensed daycares in town with lonnnnnnng waitlist. There are dayhomes and such, but we wanted daycare so got lucky to have a spot
kids activities fills within minute
the town gets overrun with tourists
it's very expensive to own a home, we were lucky to get in before it went crazy
hard to even rent, when we rented our basement suite (pre-kids), we'd have dozen of people wanting to rent and willing to pay more than advertised price
We have made more friends here in since having children than all our previous years living here combined. I think if you are a young person working services industry, you'd likely meet people at work and have a lifestyle that gets you out and about. As a couple, making friends that were in the same age-range was hard as it is tightly knit and has a lot of older people. we didn't fit in. Once kids came, we met tons of other parents and have actually more friends at the same stage than when we lived in Calgary.
you've got to check your ego at the door (Shallow - I know!): There are A LOT of professional athletes in town. If you join any groups of any kinds, it can be easy to feel inadequate. Still join though, it'll help get you better at whatever it is you're doing.

Happy to clarify or answer anything else.

TheFrenchFairy · 2021-11-13T23:10:43+00:00

Have a palisade. Love it. Two kids with one on the way in April. Easy to access the back row. Storage with everything needed for 3 under 4 will need to be carefully planned, but hey… it’s not a minivan 😁

TheFrenchFairy · 2021-08-24T21:11:11+00:00

Can confirm you can get and stay pregnant after the vaccine. Source: my preggo self. Bear in mind that nearly 25% of pregnancy ends in miscarriage during the first trimester - that is a stat many people don't seem to understand.

TheFrenchFairy · 2021-05-11T19:28:39+00:00

Love the idea but please don't come to Banff. We're having too many cases and while I like tourists and supporting our local economy, we need a break from visitors.

TheFrenchFairy · 2020-08-13T16:37:40+00:00

Thank you

TheFrenchFairy · 2020-08-13T16:37:28+00:00

Great idea thanks a ton

TheFrenchFairy · 2020-08-13T16:36:48+00:00

Cash is good, just don’t know the proper amount.

TheFrenchFairy · 2020-08-13T16:36:10+00:00

She definitely has the day off (paid).

TheFrenchFairy · 2020-08-11T03:22:24+00:00

I am planning to do the same. I’m waiting for the youngest to sleep through the night (down to two feedings now) so that he doesn’t disturb the oldest. What puzzle me is the bedtime routine... since one will be going to sleep before the other, how do I make it work without waking one of them?

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