What surprised you?

Question

Name one thing PP that you weren't expecting. For me, I was surprised that I wouldn't be able to sleep on my belly after giving birth for a few weeks. Did anything catch you off guard?

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The weird empty feeling you feel for the first couple days after baby is born. When your uterus is still shrinking and you can feel it's empty.   Hated that feeling.

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I honestly wasn't expecting to bleed as much as I did even having a section lol.

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The hemorrhoids! I knew they were possible but didn't think they'd happen! I couldn't sit stand walk or lay down for weeks without being uncomfortable!

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I was surprised the healing was so fast and that I wasn't more laid up in bed. I thought for sure I'd be hobbling around in tons of pain but other than being sore I really didn't have pain. This time around I most likely will have after pains and that I'm NOT looking forward to 😬

Answer

Honestly the biggest surprise was not having that empty feeling, not being sore, and not bleeding as much as I thought I would! I did however get an infection down yonder which surprised me!

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1. How the recovery time after a natural childbirth is almost nonexistent. I was cleaning my hospital room an hour after I had my daughter and with my son I went back to classes a few days later.

2. Just how bad it feels to pee afterwards.

3. With my second one, I wasn't expecting afterbirth pains.

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I didn't realize how sore I would be down there. I couldn't walk without pain for 3 weeks.

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The micro tears down there making it unbearable to pee for two weeks PP.

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The cramps that happen every time you nurse! 😱

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The hunger. I was constantly starving for at least a month, to the point it was annoying. Much worse than when I was pregnant.  But my babies got really fat, really fast, so I guess my body needed all of it.

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