Post pregnancy advice and expectations?!

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Ahhh, so, we are 32 +3 today I must say that I am FINALLY starting to feel excited about our baby girl entering the world soon.

I don't like turning to google for a lot of my pregnancy questions because I feel that you get a lot of horror stories or purely strong biased articles. My questions and major fear is about the first 2 weeks post birth.

From some experienced mommas to a first timer I'm looking for some advice about your self care directly following child birth, whether is be natural or C section.
What to expect, what your experiences and hardest transitions for your bodies to go through, what is a necessity for home or hospital bags??

I was expecting pregnancy to be much harder for me but it's been so easy so far that I'm worried about the near future instead!!! Yay for baby letting me still be active and keep my sanity.

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Squirt the water bottle while you pee, takes the stinging/burning away! I had both of mine vaginally and the worst part for me was after you get into your room the nurses come in a couple times a day to SQUISH out excess fluid and help your cervix shrink... It is a very very horrible feeling but goes away fast!

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I am pregnant with my 4th. The peri bottle will be your friend because wiping hurts at first. Make sure you take a stool softener or something because being constipated and trying to poop will be terrible. Keep up with your ibuprofen or whatever they give you for pain relief. Make sure you have plenty of pads on hand because you bleed A LOT. & expect to bleed through on occasion too.

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I know this is less about your care and more in general. But The best thing someone told me was "you will never look back and say, I wish I did those dishes that one day. And you will never say, I wish I cuddled my baby less!" This is so true. Let your house be a mess, don't feel like you have to do it all. And please, every opportunity you get to cuddle and love on your baby, do!

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The best advice I ever got (that I didn't take) is let the nursery keep your baby over night! You won't sleep "well" because they still
Check on your every few hours but it's the last night of sleep you will have for awhile. He or she is perfectly safe with the nurses and they next few days after birth will
Turn you into a zombie! It's hard but they will bring u your baby as soon as you wake up! And yes squirt bottles in every bathroom
Of your home!!!!

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Be ready for ppd and know that is OK to talk to someone.  It also helped me to read about the wonder weeks

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I always tell people make sure you have your pads and good nursing bras if your going to nurse. Also make sure you have gas drops for the baby just incase! Makes some freezer meals and have plenty of healthy snacks you can just grab easily.

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Mhmm I had my daughter vaginally and the worst part is the burning when peeing, my hospital gave me a squirt bottle but idk if all hospitals do but I carried that thing everywhere even when I went out, OMG so soothing! Also have your plan ready whether or not your breastfeeding so you can set up a schedule to be successful because you get sleepy and tired with baby there's something about their smell that is like a sleep spell lol and wear a postpartum girdle for your midsection

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Idk about some moms BUT WALKING SUCKED! Oh sweet baby Jesus I had to keep my legs apart so my STUFF wouldn't rub... Damn those stitches itch like a mfkr too

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Take the stool softeners!!!!!!!!

I didn't take the stool softeners and I didn't poop after I left the hospital for 4 days. 
Then I had stitches for my episiotomy so I couldn't push... It was awful!

I covered my stitches with toilet paper while I peed so the stitches didn't get wet and burn and then I used warm water and the squirt bottle and sprayed and it helped a lot..

Witch hazel pads on your pad will help a lot the hospital gave me some last time.. The hospital also gave me witch hazel spray which was great. I am trying the earth momma angel baby brand bottom spray and bottom balm this time for my stitches (he's big, I know I will have them)

Sleep when the baby sleeps.. You always think you need to get stuff done while they are sleeping but you will not rest if you don't sleep when they do..
You got this momma!!!! 😀

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