11/16/2025
Meet Quinn!
The last 2 weeks have been a whirlwind settling into a new routine with baby girl while also recovering from birth and a rare injury from delivery that led to a nerve compression in my left leg. I definitely did not have a leg/foot injury on my childbirth bingo card but general prognosis is that I should mostly recover within 6-12 weeks, though can take longer depending on severity of the nerve damage.
Luckily I still have pretty good mobility, have an ankle brace for improved balance, and already showing early signs of healing.
Other than focusing on recovery, we’re over here burning a hole in my couch as I spend most of my days right now nursing or holding the baby while she sleeps.
As we hit 2 weeks postpartum, my goal is to get more intentional with:
✅ Movement: Daily walks - whatever I can tolerate with my leg. PT exercises and gentle pelvic floor/core exercises to build strength back.
✅ Nutrition: Focus on anti-inflammatory foods, dense nutrients and limiting processed foods
✅ Less screen time: while I’ve enjoyed binge watching (many) hours of shows a day, it’s getting kind of old. Going to switch it up with books during down time.
✅ Rest: we have a nighttime doula starting this week for 2 nights a week, AND I will begin pumping, which will ease the demand on solely me for feeds and give me just enough rest to not be a zombie 🧟
