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[Guest guest]

I've been reading post about your upper jaw surgery and I had the

same and am about 2 months post op and was wondering if you still

have swelling and tightness. I can tell I still have a little

swelling, but my upper lip next below my nose and under my nose

feels tight and was wondering if you are experiencing the same.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

The gods do play odd pranks on us, don't they?

Glad you had the surgery -- and I gather that you are happy with it -

- and the baby, but sorry about the divorce. Although I will add

gratuitously that from my observation, there's only one thing worse

than a divorce from someone you love or have loved -- and that's

staying in a failed or unhappy marriage.

Best to you, glad you had the gumption to get through it, and found

some help along the way!

Cammie

> >

> > Hi everyone...I need some advice from the moms out there (and

> dads,

> > if you have an opinion) who have had their surgery. (Especially

if

> > any of you are/were pregnant throughout the course of your

> > procedures, or had little ones in the house!)

> >

> > I'm starting this whole braces/surgery process just at the time

> that

> > I seem to also be getting the onset of baby fever. My husband

and

> I

> > don't have any children yet (I just turned 28, he'll be 31 in

> May),

> > but I sort of had it in my head that within the next year or so

> we'd

> > probably start a family. However, I'm wondering how these two

> > things -- upper/lower surgery and pregnancy -- will conflict on

a

> > time schedule.

> >

> > My time schedule for surgery is looking like one year of braces

> > starting next week, then surgery (presumably Jan/Feb 2006) and

> then

> > six months of post-op braces.

> >

> > Would it be horrible if I had a baby before the surgery (like if

I

> > were to become pregnant in the next couple of months) and had to

> > recover with a newborn in the house? I know that if I were

> pregnant

> > during the time surgery is planned I'd have to put it off, but

> with

> > that reasoning, should I put the baby thing off until after

> > surgery? I really hadn't planned on waiting another whole year

> > before having kids...that seems so far off. But at the same

time,

> > it doesn't seem that far away in terms of having the surgery.

> >

> > Ack...I'm just all confused now! The first thing I was told was

> 18

> > months of braces, which would give me a few more months...and I

> was

> > mentally planning it out that we could have a baby before my

oral

> > surgery and I'd still have several months to recover from birth

> and

> > get used to a baby before having the surgery. Now my time's

> > condensed, which is great as far as getting my jaw fixed goes,

but

> > throws a wrench in the planning-a-family thing.

> >

> > Help! Any advice?