How does your body feel after birth????

[TwoRdue]

Do you feel lighter? Off balance? Does it feel strange to not have baby swimming around?

I ask because I am pretty much over been pregnant as I am so sore and bh have been around since week 20. Do you feel a little bit better after birth (aside from the pain between your legs)

 

[snoopchick82]

For me it felt like everytime i stood my bellt felt like a deflated ballon its really hard to describe... I expercienced alot of phatom kicks too...

 

[Birdling]

I couldn't breathe when standing up straight. It went on for about 24 hours. I had to walk along crouched over. The midwives just said it was normal, but I'd never heard about it before.

 

[_Lexi_]

I had a c section. I got a lot of phantom kicks as well for a month or two. x

 

[Pixiegirllily]

I felt weak and wobbly for a little bit, especially those first initial steps. And I sat kinda on my side abit x

 

[outcast831]

You feel deflated. Also like you've run a marathon and got beat up in the process. I remember trying to hold my belly expecting the round hardness of it and finding squishiness there. It was all worth it!

 

[Eleanor ace]

I felt really weak and shaky, like I'd run a marathon (not that I'd know how that feels )! It felt funny taking a deep breath and I couldn't cough for a couple of days, like I couldn't get my muscles to do it. Nothing bad, just generally a bit worn out and achey. And obviously I felt pretty bruised and battered in my lady bits.

 

[TwoRdue]

I guess its good to know what to expect.

 

[xsadiex]

I felt no lighter! I just felt awful, so weak and dizzy and every time I stood up my bits hurt so much even though I didn't have stitches.
Hoping this time round it's a bit easier! I didn't realise I'd feel so awful. Took about 3 days to feel 'ok' again and three weeks to feel somewhat better xxx

 

[mandaxx]

You suddenly feel a lot skinnier lol. A bit wobbly, with a big soft jelly belly but it tightens up again in a few weeks. You feel a fair bit like someone has given you a good boot up the arse for a few days!

 

[Whatme]

Apart from feeling a bit loose! I felt fine and really well, I drove us home from the hospital.. X

 

[Mummy_to_be87]

I felt great!! I think the overwhelming feeling which lasted about 3 weeks took over and I felt like I could run the world!! I was up and about within hours of giving birth having a shower and didnt really feel like I had just given birth!! I did have a ''weird'' feeling between my legs and my tummy was soft which went down after a few weeks and I remember feeling lighter and ready to run a marathon!! I went out walking after 2 days and felt like I could fly it was brilliant!! I am hoping it is as good this time round!! I did miss the baby being inside me sometimes, as the movement just automatically stops and I used to lie her across my belly just to feel her move I did also notice I had slight cramps in my belly which I took paracetamol for, the midwife said it was my uterus contracting to a smaller size and not to worry! Everything will be fine, and you will feel like you again soon, only difference is you wont have aches and pains and a huge bump to waddle behind

 

[Anthrogirl]

I was STARVING immediately after with both and body sore. It wasn't just my lady parts that hurt! With my 1st I was pretty weak and shaky after a very serious (iatrogenic) PPH, but otherwise felt pretty good. After #2 I felt great! Had some phantom kicks and LOTS of afterpains for weeks, but aside from that I resumed my normal schedule within days and was back to work (managed a thoroughbred farm - rehabs, young horses in training, and moms and foals) within 4 weeks, mounted and all.

 

[Dragonfly]

My experience is like crap. Still looked pregnant, depressed and ate all the time as I felt hungry. So no I didnt feel better.

 

[jenniferttc1]

The back and hip pain went away and the big belly. It was just deflated feeling. I could sleep on my belly again, was so relieved!!! The cramps while nursing hurt so bad ( it was helping my uterus shrink back down faster) I was so hungry after, I hadn't eaten or drank anything in 20 hours. Only complaint is how long it took to be able to sit down right, or squat.

 

[Mica]

good question! and good answers... nice to have some idea what i might expect.

 

[addizmnz]

It really is a different experience for everyone, as with pregnancy. I felt perfectly fine after giving birth, but maybe this is because I felt so awful during the whole pregnancy, lol! Not having pain from the pregnancy anymore (and being able to sleep on my stomach!!!) was such a relief I guess everything else didn't bother me.

I had a little soreness down there, of course, due to an episiotomy and stitches, but nothing I couldn't handle with tylenol. And this is not because I have a high pain threshold...I must have just lucked out!

I was up and about the day after I had my DD, feeling pretty much fine, and I participated in my sister in law's wedding a week after I gave birth.

Hope you feel great after yours too!