What are you doing to prepare for postpartum?

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Are you making padsicles, taking stool softeners, etc? Basically, what are you doing to make your life easier after birth? FTM here. ✋

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Depends diapers, Always Infinity pads, Dermoplast (blue bottle), and Tucks pads. This is what I used last time, and it worked well for me. 
I also started taking stool softener a few days before my due date last time. I pooped a lot during labor, but my first postpartum poop was super easy. Worth it. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Take the stool softener. And if you’re breastfeeding make sure you keep up on the water intake   I started drinking less and less and omg going to the bathroom was worse than labor after that I upped the water so it didn’t happen again   Just one of the things no one ever tells you about

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Tucks pads, depends, stool softeners, peri bottle

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Hospital supplies stool softeners, pads, and peri bottle. I like to use depends at home. Other than that nothing else. I took Tylenol for a couple days with my last 3 but I never teared with my other delivers so healed pretty good and fast.

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My hospital provides those after birth, and I didn't use them at all after coming home with #1, so I'm not doing anything to prepare. I'll get some big pads, but I even got a couple packs from the hospital last time, so I don't know how many I'll actually need.

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I recommend the adult diapers but some cute ones. Everything will stay in place better! I’m making padsicles this time around. A life saver for me was buying witch hazel wipes and wiping with those instead of toilet paper. Life changer. Breast pads because even though I’m not breast feeding boobs leak after birth. And some post part I’m underwear which you can get on Amazon, at motherhood maternity, ect. Also getting this squirt bottle cause the one from the hospital works but this one just looks awesome!

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Oh god someone give me some advice I don’t know about any of this 😂

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Making padsicles. I actually bought the supplies today, then started contracting and ended up in L&D (very irregular, but STRONG... so I’m being monitored for a few hrs possibly overnight). Hopefully I can leave soon and get them started lol

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I'm definitely going to make some padsicles and pick up some stool softener. Also going to make sure I have enough comfy clothes to wear (baggy tshirts, loose sweatpants and yoga pants,  granny panties and nursing bras). Also planning to make lactation snacks to help with breastfeeding.

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This is my plan for when my supply from the hospital starts getting low, and my midwife already approved of all of it too.

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