Has anyone actually loved postpartum?

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I feel like everyone is constantly telling horror stories about how bad postpartum is..does anyone actually enjoy it? It’s making me nervous..

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I did! Of course it is hard and the hormones are crazy at times but I felt awesome. I was really prepared to feel mentally, emotionally, and physically wrecked but I didn’t. I felt happy and clear. I did a lot to prepare before baby came and I also was really patient with myself and chose not to stress about how much stuff i got done around the house. I lived and breathed my baby. I set one goal for myself each day so I’d feel productive. Some days my goal was to put on pants and other days my goal was to go on a walk or do the dishes. This really helped me! The thing that was the most frustrating was how great I felt all over except where I tore. It really limited me in my physical activity and that was hard. I wanted to go in a walk but it hurt too bad some days. I wasn’t prepared to feel limited by my Humpty Dumpty vag. PP can be great but it can also be terribly hard for some. I made sure I was open about when I felt upset and never hid my tears. I wanted to make sure my husband was also keeping an eye on my emotional state. That helped me feel more confident.

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Postpartum is hard so I’m going to say no one actually enjoys it lol. Your body adjusts to the hormone changing so quickly, you are recovering from actual labor all while taking care of a newborn. The first 2 weeks for me was the hardest. 
If you have a great support system, it makes it more bearable.

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I mean, there are aspects of the postpartum time (lochia, any stitches or incisions, those times when baby latches wrong and it feels like they’re tearing off your nipple with barbed wire, the uncontrollable 3am *maternal* crying because... hormones) that I don’t think anyone enjoys 😂
BUT - those things are not the sum total of the first x weeks of baby’s life! They’re just what people talk about because honestly you can’t really imagine what it will be like until you’re doing it, and I think the shock of just how crazy that hormone crash is makes people keen to share the story to warn others because they feel like no-one told them. 
Most of the time you’re actually enjoying your new baby and feeling physically better than you ever probably expected to (if a little tired). You’re receiving well wishes and sharing photos and telling good news. You’re getting to know your first, or watching your other children get to know your latest. You’re thinking ‘holy #*€% I’m a MOTHER’ and feeling that surge of amazement and excitement (bit of dread is ok too 😂). You’re dressing your baby in adorable onesies and waiting with anticipation for the cord to fall off so you can have fun giving baby their first bath. I could go on.
Just like anything in life, there are positives and negatives to any situation. People just share the negatives because they make for more click bait worthy stories, like any news! Go into it with an open mind and no expectations, and take each hour, each day as it comes.

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I liked postpartum 1000 times more than being pregnant in the third trimester. It was nice to have my body back, not incubating a tiny human, and in recovery. I was thinking it would be much worse from what people were telling me but it wasn't bad at all. Sure the postpartum experience it's not pretty or pleasant but that is to be expected. My birth experience or pregnancy was not traumatic though.

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I mean it’s not fun but it doesn’t bother me I’ve had 4 and on number 5 and I’ve had good luck so far. I am usually up and going right after with no pain. Minus some contractions from breastfeeding that can be handled with Motrin. Only tore a tiny bit with my first child. The sadness after is my least favorite, which has affected me twice now

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I did!!! I had my moments but honestly I loved PP. My son is 5 months now. I really felt intense love and that bond, bond around 3 months when I didn’t feel like I was on GO. 
I felt regular anxiety taking him out, being in the car (pulling over anytime he cried/feeding/diaper change/consoling), going to the mall, grocery shopping..but you live and you learn. 
By 3 months my son learned how to really smile, not the reflex so it was reassuring. By 3 months I had regular cycles but my first period threw me for a LOOP (normal). I truly have to give credit to more sleep too!!! I was always concerned if I was doing something right. 
I had been through my worst just before finding out I was pregnant. I got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes too not gestational so I had to give myself insulin and was extremely restricted with foods so PP I could eat my fav foods again with my health still in mind. 
Honestly, motherhood is a one day at a time thing. Minute by minute some days/hour by hour others lol. 
If you feel something is off, say something!

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Mine was pretty good.  I had a c-section and the recovery was good.  The day after I was walking.  I took pain medication when I needed it.  I also asked for help and did not over exert myself.  My focus was solely on me and my child.  When we got home we went for walks in the stroller to get fresh air.  I didn’t lift anything other than my child or food to my mouth.

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I just hate my body but that’s about it

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We are TTC, and I swear I keep bumping into PP horror stories; it’s making me super nervous too.
All I keep hearing is “you just wait till postpartum and YOU’LL see....”

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Mine was hard, but one thing I did love about it was the one on one snuggle time I got with my baby being on maternity leave.

Has anyone actually loved postpartum?

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