At the moment I have a 22 month old son and as soon as he turns two, I'm planning to start trying for a second child. Since before he was born, I've had problems with my feet and my right foot is particularly painful - my big toe joint aches all the time and when it's really bad the pain moves to the other toe joints and feels like I'm walking on a marble.
Last May, I went to see a specialist, who gave me special insoles and said that eventually I would need surgery, but he didn't want to operate given that I was a mum to a young child. I went back this morning, because about a month ago, it became even more painful (it's taken a month to get the appointment), although it currently doesn't hurt at all. This morning he said I need surgery and I should let him know when I would like it.
I'm a little bit in shock as he said it'll be about 6 weeks off work, and I probably won't be confident on my feet for about 3 months. And it's currently a 5 month waiting list - so that would be September, when I was hoping to be a couple of months pregnant.
Also, as a teacher, there are certain times of the academic year when I'd feel terrible about deserting the kids I teach (mainly a Level).
I'm sorry this probably isn't sounding very coherent, but I feel like all my plans are just thrown up in the air. I don't want to delay getting pregnant (it's already been delayed by other events) as I don't want my kids to be more than 3 years apart (especially school years) - and if it takes me 3 months to be properly back to normal that'll mean 3 months before I can really start trying to conceive.
But if I delay the op, then I'll have two kids to think about - I'll have to delay it through pregnancy and breastfeeding, so it'll be ages. And how do you cope with a baby when you can't move? Is a toddler any easier?
Any thoughts would be appreciated - I'm slightly freaking out