Whew.

[rivka]

According to the orthopedist, my artificial hip looks exactly the way it did in 1997. Hasn't moved a millimeter. There's some bone loss around the plastic socket - he said that the plastic can cause bone to dissolve, which I don't remember anyone telling me when I had the thing put in. But it's not enough to cause concern.

He thinks the problem is muscle weakness. After his exam, I'm inclined to agree. I had more trouble than I'd expected moving my leg the way he asked me to, not because the joint hurt but because the muscles did. So he's prescribed physical therapy, and I have to think of a method of exercise that accomodates Alex. (I'd love to hear from other mothers of babies, on that matter.)

I am quite relieved.

Comments

[baratron.livejournal.com]

I am pleased for you.

There exists a book on doing yoga with your cat. I'm almost certain this was written as a parody of a book about doing yoga with your baby... Oh look, amazon.com has a whole section of post-pregnancy workouts, some of which apparently involve the TV showing pictures amusing to the small one, while others use the baby as a weight for building muscle tone. I'm sure that, with the aid of a physio, you can adapt any of these premade workouts to something suitable for you.

Also, these people are based in New York, but there might be a similar organisation in Baltimore. This one only mentions pre-natal, but may do post- as well.

I second the suggestion about swimming and aqua aerobics. Various places do this either with a creche, or a floaty baby carrier.

Good luck!

further Google-fu

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Stroller Strides have sessions in Baltimore.

btw, the reason I'm Googling & supplying links is that I figured you had enough to do already, not that I think you're incapable of doing a simple web search :)

Re: further Google-fu

[rivka.livejournal.com]

By funny coincidence, just after you posted this my friend Dagmar at infant story hour said that she does Stroller Strides. She does a session at the zoo, which sounds fun, but there's another one that's accessible by bus from our house, which would mean not having to drive
Michael to work. Hm.