Postpartum pains?

Question

Have any of you experienced pains postpartum? Like different pains in the abdomen or pain at the end of peeing? Just like during labor and not knowing what to expect, I almost feel the same about postpartum.

Answer

The first three days I had pretty nasty cramping, particularly while breastfeeding, but thankfully that subsided. I definitely experienced the burning while urinating (because of the urine running over raw areas--squirting the peri bottle full of water helped a bit!) until a few days ago. Still feeling like my urethra is a bit bruised and having some discomfort (mostly just itchiness and tightness now) where my second degree tear was. I'm 15 days PP now. Really thought the postpartum pain and discomfort would never end but I'm glad it's been mostly gone since about 12-13 days pp. I expected labor to hurt, somehow I didn't expect to be so laid up and uncomfortable for so long AFTER delivery.