How does your body feel?

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I’m not even 5 weeks pregnant yet but can’t help but wonder what my body is going to feel like after I give birth. Are you super sore? Bleeding a lot? Exhausted? Please share!

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All of those. I pushed for five hours so when I got home I felt like I got hit by a truck and could barely walk across my house. Plus I could barely sit down.

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First trimester here!! After 7 weeks expect a headache everyday. I’m hoping this all goes away second trimester.

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The first week is the worst, but it slowly gets better. Something I wasn't prepared for with my 1st was hemorrhoids. I had horrible ones after my 1st and eventually had a hemorrhoidectomy (removal). Just make sure you have plenty of tucks pads, flushable wipes, cream, a spray bottle (i think it is called a peri bottle?), and ice pads. The ice pads also helped with any general swelling down there. Not sure if it was just because it was my 1st or not, but I found the sooner I got up and moving (nothing strenuous) the better I felt. Week 2, was still a little sore, but i was able to go on short walks and daily life. Week 3, was pretty much back to normal, but still bleeding like a medium period. With my 2nd, it was pretty much the same timeline, but my bleeding stopped a little sooner and I still had hemorrhoids but not as bad, because I had the removal a couple years prior.

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Tired, yes. I didn’t have a ton of bleeding, about the equivalent of a period and I stopped bleeding by 11days pp. my body was in better shape after pregnancy than I was before lol (due to no longer drinking I lost weight during and after pregnancy 😬). I was sore for about a week.

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Sore, bleeding, beyond tired, hormonal mess.

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Week one was rough. I was sore/shaky, bleeding a lot, hemorrhoids were really painful, etc. Week two was similar. I’m in week three and I feel a lot better but I’m still bleeding.

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I was exhaused starting around 7-10 weeks. Fine second trimester and I am back to be exhausted in third trimester. I can hardly move now and can't sleep well.

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Exhausted, definitely. It was a big life change for me for the first few weeks after birth. You get used to it, eventually and you aren’t as exhausted, or at least it doesn’t hit you like it did initially lol.

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