19 pounds is awfully close to the 20 pound mark, not to mention that it is a wriggling ball of energy that you are picking up.

Also, different doctors have different weight limits as well, some say don't lift more than 8 pounds.

It is great that you have help for a couple of days but it seems better if you could have some additional assistance for about a week. Your abdominals will be very sore and your baby will not know to be gentle with you at that age.

If I were in your situation and since it is the tail end of summer, I would have had a niece or nephew come help out. At the ages of 7-10 they would make excellent go-fers, could earn a few bucks and help out their darling aunty in her time of need :0).

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