Busymom, they postponed mine at first too and it upset me! I was so looking forward to no pain Then ya have it and for the first few days you wonder what the heck you did to yourself! lol.....

Your little girl may be old enough to explain that mommy has a hurt on her back but if someone can lift her into your lap or she can crawl up, you would love to hold her. That's how I handled the little 5 yr old. She didn't quite understand at first because I'd always hold her, but soon she became adapt at crawling up. I didn't even dare carry her infant sister around for a bit. But before long I was able to.

Wow, I sure wish you all the best of luck. I'll be honest with all of you, I still have problems lower then the L4, L5, S1 that they worked on (they want to give that another 10 years), and I do still take a couple of tylenol morning and night. But I can't tell you how much better it is now. No more ice packs, no more constant pain. Make sure you have a good doctor with a good history of success on this type of surgery and then I'd say go for it!

Be sure to keep us posted!