BoneyM - I had a valley cushion too - and it did help quite a bit. I've only just returned it. And today is the first day I haven't had to take paracetamol - so 2 weeks on from the birth, I'm finally recovering! It does get better, but I truly felt like my body had been hit by several trucks, and then run over by a juggernaut for good measure! Hope you mend really fast.
On the sleep front - Iris does NOT approve of the moses basket! The only way we've found to get her to sleep is to swaddle her tight in a blanket and then put her in the bed between us. Most amusing as I was avowedly NOT a co-sleeper with dd1, in fact I found I just could not sleep with her in the bed. But this time, I've been so tired it's just been a blessing to get Iris to sleep, and after one sleepless night when I was scared of rolling over on her, I find I can nap fine with her in bed next to me. But Easter holidays for dp begin tomorrow and project Easter is ... get Iris to sleep in her basket!
Leogaela - huge sympathies on the parent front. I am truly blessed in that department - my mum and dad have been staying for a fortnight, and are amazing. They shop and cook and clean. My mum has just made an Easter egg tree for dd1, and is now sorting out the flowers sent after Iris was born, plus she's already shopped for our supper. And my dad is out buying paint to spruce up our garden wall!
Good luck norash40 and kerryJ ... still quite a few March days left for you. I know you start going stir crazy at the end - but try to enjoy those final days with some pampering for yourself.