Did anyone have an easy recovery?

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I'll stay anon because I honestly don't want to seem like I'm bragging, just looking for some advice. 
I didn't have an easy birth, went from 4cm to 10cm in about an hour. Completely natural vaginal birth and received a 2nd degree tear, also had a partially ruptured placenta.
I'm now only on my 2nd day PP and it seems like I feel too good? I did get a numbing agent when the doctor sewed me up but besides that I haven't had anything and the nurses keep asking me how the pain is, but there isn't any. I haven't used the dermoplast, just the pads and my bleeding is down to basically a light period, my belly is almost back to it's original size. 
I feel like I'm just waiting for it all to hit me all of a sudden, and find it odd because of all the stories I've heard from other moms about recovering. 
Has anyone else had a surprisingly easy recovery?

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I had a 35.5 hour labor, delivered vaginally with a 2nd degree tear, and my recovery was easy. The only pain I had was from the contractions of my uterus shrinking, and constipation (which sucked the most for me).

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My labor was 37 hours, pushing for 2 which resulted in an epidiotomy and vacuum assisted birth. It was hell but recovery was so easy! I had virtually no pain amd the midwives were surprised that I was walking normally when leaving the hospital. I felt good, just winded when walking a while 😂

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I had a very long labor (65 hours) and delivered vaginally with no medication. I also had a second degree tear. I went home 24 hours after delivery with ibuprofen and pads. I didn’t have any pain or issues going to the bathroom. I actually hated the dermoplast. I did use some Earth Mama Perineal Spray here and there, but it wasn’t a necessity.  So yeah, pretty easy recovery. I kept waiting for it to hit me too. 
I did have lots of anxiety while struggling with breastfeeding. I also overdid it about 4 days postpartum by walking around several grocery stores and being out all day. My bleeding and soreness did increase from that, but it went away after I rested.

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Yes i had a 30 hr labour delivered vaginally no tearing to stiches nothing i was tired but everything felt totally fine ! Everyone is different just take the time soak it all in and enjoy your baby

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Yes. I had two easy recoveries but two traumatic births. I hemorrhaged with my first and I ended up only bleeding for a week. I didn’t tear with either child thankfully so I think that’s what helped as well. Never needed any meds after birth besides the prenatal and the stool softener. With my second she had shoulder dystocia and came out the birth canal sideways. I also progressed from a 4-10 within 2-3 hours. It was intense. I only bled for 2 weeks. I never needed dermaplast and I only used the peri bottle on the first day. So some women heal faster than others. I wouldn’t worry too much. Just count your blessings because it could be worse. You may have just gotten lucky.

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Yep I did. Had a natural birth, tore, got stitches and went home 3 hours later. Peeing sucked at first and I had have a bit of a headache the next day but physically I was fine. My bleeding was pretty much a regular period within a few days.

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Aside from the placenta and numbing agent (I had to have it) my birth and recovery was nearly identical. I recovered with nothing but some pads and Advil, no need for anything else and I felt great by day 2, belly was almost back to normal and everything. My labor was 5 hours from start to finish, and I went straight from 3cm to 10cm, and felt the need start pushing while my epidural was being put in, and had her out within 5-10 minutes.

Did anyone have an easy recovery?

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