After the birth?!

EmmaBozner_x · Jan 12th, 2012, 04:47 AM

HI Ladies,

Heard some horror stories about how after the birth can be worse than the labour!!! How did yous feel emotionally/physically etc? Is it really that bad

xxxx

beths baby · Jan 12th, 2012, 05:24 AM

For me the labour was definitely the worst part. I felt pretty good physicaLly after the birth (it felt great losing about 8 pounds so quick) I had ALOT of back pain and really horrible heartburn during pregnancy but they both seemed to disappear straight after the birth.
For the first few weeks after the birth I was on a sort of a high. I had all this energy even though i was only getting like 3 hours sleep a night. At the start I was pretty emotional and I would cry about almost anything but that wore off after a few days.

tmr1234 · Jan 12th, 2012, 06:28 AM

After both my births i felt brill even thow i was up all night with bouth of them. With my 2nd as soon as he was out and i got draged to get showred i had luch and then went home and started the cleaning i felt realy good only got to bed at 10pm that night i didn't get any sleep the night i went in to labor. the next day i was fine and felt back to normal

kaths101 · Jan 12th, 2012, 08:46 AM

Straight after birth I felt fine, really good - I was on the phone talking to everyone within 20 minutes of him being born, having a shower was ok I could stand but it was just a bit tricky as I was bleeding a lot. The first night in hospital was just boring, everyone was asleep, babies crying lots of noise so no chance of me sleeping plus I was on a high and LO was breastfeeding alot so I just sat there and read and did puzzles and ate tooty frooties!

After a few days my stitches started to be a bit uncomfortable but that was it really and the lack of sleep even now is not good but hey I think ive had it pretty easy really.

Tacey · Jan 12th, 2012, 08:51 AM

I found going to the loo the hardest. I had a second degree tear, and literally cried when I knew I had to wee! I was an idiot though, and didn't drink enough, so it stung even more. Pouring big jugs of water on myself as I went helped a lot. Apart from that, I was fine. I was surprised at how long I was swollen for. It was well over a month later that I started to feel more like myself.

amjon · Jan 12th, 2012, 09:13 AM

I felt fine after the birth. I had more energy and was hungry again. I didn't tear at all though.

sg0720 · Jan 12th, 2012, 09:17 AM

for me after labor was the worse. only because i think i some how ended up getting a bladder infection so when i would be it was excruciating pain it burned sooo bad. so before i went pee i had to take an ice cube and numb myself down there lean all the way forward and pee like that. i pray to god that doesnt happen a 2nd time around emotionally it was hard but that was because i was going thru relationship issues so i was taking care of my son by myself

teal · Jan 12th, 2012, 12:34 PM

Afterwards was definitely worse for me. 3rd degree tear (after an emergency forceps delivery) meant I was away from my baby in theatre for over 2 hours. I lost a lot of blood (iron dropped from 11.5 to 7) so I was anemic and was so out of breath. Iron tablets helped with the anemia but it took over a year before I felt ok-ish again from the tearing.

Sommerfugl · Jan 12th, 2012, 14:34 PM

I was not prepared at all for how I would feel after the birth. I had a tough time delivering the placenta (but then I was stubborn and refused 'the injection' to help it out, until they threatened me with surgery) I'd never heard of 'after pains' and I had a lot of them, like mild contractions but pretty painful. Of course, compared to the pain of the birth they were nothing, but I was exhausted and weak, I couldn't manage a shower without my mum helping me. After a decent night's sleep (which I was lucky to get as my first night as a mum, she only woke a couple of times) I felt much better, but I still had quite a lot of afterpains for a few days that I wasn't expecting.

lauren28 · Jan 13th, 2012, 07:48 AM

Labour was definately worse.

Straight after the birth I felt very tired but fine - was able to have a shower and walk around and stuff. I was home 8 hours after having the baby and slept for a while as was very tired.

I had an episiotemy, but felt very little pain from the stitches, just mild discomfort for the first couple of days. I did have a few mild cramps but milder than period cramps.

The day after the birth all my muscles ached - it felt like it does after you have done loads of exercise the day before without being used to it.

It was all barable.

Jan 12th, 2012, 04:47 AM	#1
EmmaBozner_x Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 48	After the birth?! HI Ladies, Heard some horror stories about how after the birth can be worse than the labour!!! How did yous feel emotionally/physically etc? Is it really that bad xxxx

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Jan 12th, 2012, 05:24 AM	#2
beths baby Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 116	For me the labour was definitely the worst part. I felt pretty good physicaLly after the birth (it felt great losing about 8 pounds so quick) I had ALOT of back pain and really horrible heartburn during pregnancy but they both seemed to disappear straight after the birth. For the first few weeks after the birth I was on a sort of a high. I had all this energy even though i was only getting like 3 hours sleep a night. At the start I was pretty emotional and I would cry about almost anything but that wore off after a few days.

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Jan 12th, 2012, 06:28 AM	#3
tmr1234 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5,622	After both my births i felt brill even thow i was up all night with bouth of them. With my 2nd as soon as he was out and i got draged to get showred i had luch and then went home and started the cleaning i felt realy good only got to bed at 10pm that night i didn't get any sleep the night i went in to labor. the next day i was fine and felt back to normal

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Jan 12th, 2012, 08:46 AM	#4
kaths101 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norfolk Posts: 2,534	Straight after birth I felt fine, really good - I was on the phone talking to everyone within 20 minutes of him being born, having a shower was ok I could stand but it was just a bit tricky as I was bleeding a lot. The first night in hospital was just boring, everyone was asleep, babies crying lots of noise so no chance of me sleeping plus I was on a high and LO was breastfeeding alot so I just sat there and read and did puzzles and ate tooty frooties! After a few days my stitches started to be a bit uncomfortable but that was it really and the lack of sleep even now is not good but hey I think ive had it pretty easy really.

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Jan 12th, 2012, 08:51 AM	#5
Tacey Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 5,954	I found going to the loo the hardest. I had a second degree tear, and literally cried when I knew I had to wee! I was an idiot though, and didn't drink enough, so it stung even more. Pouring big jugs of water on myself as I went helped a lot. Apart from that, I was fine. I was surprised at how long I was swollen for. It was well over a month later that I started to feel more like myself.

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Jan 12th, 2012, 09:13 AM	#6
amjon Other BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: United States Posts: 5,805	I felt fine after the birth. I had more energy and was hungry again. I didn't tear at all though.

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Jan 12th, 2012, 09:17 AM	#7
sg0720 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 3,500	for me after labor was the worse. only because i think i some how ended up getting a bladder infection so when i would be it was excruciating pain it burned sooo bad. so before i went pee i had to take an ice cube and numb myself down there lean all the way forward and pee like that. i pray to god that doesnt happen a 2nd time around emotionally it was hard but that was because i was going thru relationship issues so i was taking care of my son by myself

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Jan 12th, 2012, 12:34 PM	#8
teal Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 12,868	Afterwards was definitely worse for me. 3rd degree tear (after an emergency forceps delivery) meant I was away from my baby in theatre for over 2 hours. I lost a lot of blood (iron dropped from 11.5 to 7) so I was anemic and was so out of breath. Iron tablets helped with the anemia but it took over a year before I felt ok-ish again from the tearing.

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Jan 12th, 2012, 14:34 PM	#9
Sommerfugl Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK Posts: 1,296	I was not prepared at all for how I would feel after the birth. I had a tough time delivering the placenta (but then I was stubborn and refused 'the injection' to help it out, until they threatened me with surgery) I'd never heard of 'after pains' and I had a lot of them, like mild contractions but pretty painful. Of course, compared to the pain of the birth they were nothing, but I was exhausted and weak, I couldn't manage a shower without my mum helping me. After a decent night's sleep (which I was lucky to get as my first night as a mum, she only woke a couple of times) I felt much better, but I still had quite a lot of afterpains for a few days that I wasn't expecting.

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Jan 13th, 2012, 07:48 AM	#10
lauren28 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South, UK Posts: 497	Labour was definately worse. Straight after the birth I felt very tired but fine - was able to have a shower and walk around and stuff. I was home 8 hours after having the baby and slept for a while as was very tired. I had an episiotemy, but felt very little pain from the stitches, just mild discomfort for the first couple of days. I did have a few mild cramps but milder than period cramps. The day after the birth all my muscles ached - it felt like it does after you have done loads of exercise the day before without being used to it. It was all barable.

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