Thanks, guys. I went to the doc today and I'm severely limited activity until wednesday, but the good news is that she said it shouldn't interfere with labor, even if I were to go into labor right now. Basically, if I had chosen to injure an abdominal muscle, I could have chosen better, since the area I damaged is used least when pushing. That's a huge relief. I'm trying to go natural this time (had some complications last time that may have been prevented if I hadn't been induced or had the epidural) and was worried that this injury would cause me to need intervention, but my doc said it's actually a good thing I'm trying to avoid the epidural, because it's harder to be sure you're contracting the correct muscles with it, so I could injure it further that way, or, since pushing typically takes longer with an epidural, the chances of the other muscles becoming fatigued & my trying to compensate by using these ones are a lot higher. So basically, I'm in a fair amount of pain when I do have to get up/walk/reach for things and I have some pretty boring days ahead of me, but it's the weekend, so DH will be around to help for the next couple days. In terms of my labor, it actually gives me more incentive to stick to my natural birth plan, so maybe it's a blessing in disguise!
