Speaking of friends

[cjsmith]

Anybody heard anything from psi_star_psi and aelfie? He took time out of his frantic pre-paternity-leave work day to give me that adjustable bed table; her twins are due any freakin' second if they haven't already arrived. joedecker, allanh, any news?

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Blegh. I hope the edema is supposed go away shortly after the twins' birth. And do you still have that cold/flu/allergy thing going on? I am now imagining you massaging that magic spot on your hand furiously. :)

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

The edema goes away magically within 24 hours post partum (you lose the equivalent of the babies weight in fluids in that time period. At that rate I should be really close to pre-pregnancy within 24 hours.)

Allergy attack ended after a few days thankfully.

I would be massaging that spot if I could remember where it was! =)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wow, 24 hours to lose on the order of 10lb. of fluids? Now I know why new mothers don't get much sleep: they're up visiting the bathroom in one continuous hydraulic-pressure-driven marathon!

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

A lot of its blood and placenta, the rest is water.

And let me tell you that first pee after giving birth is soooooooooooo satisfying. Its like Wow! I've got my bladder back!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh OK, if you count placenta and such, that could mean you'd get a *little* sleep in between bathroom runs. ;-)

Your bladder is currently in a different sub-dimension. The Abdomen of Holding will give it back to you soon...

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

Now that's funny!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

:-) It can hold two entire human beings, too! Small ones.

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

It doesn't feel like small ones anymore!