Things no one tells you about labour, birth and post partum!

[too_scared]

Your ribs will hurt. A lot. I didn't need any pain relief at all after delivery except to ease the pain in my ribs.

When they say the afterpains are worse the 2nd time, believe them! Oh my gosh! I was literally having flashbacks to labour. Thankfully they were only bad like that for the first 12 hours or so.

 

[emyandpotato]

When they say the afterpains are worse the 2nd time, believe them! Oh my gosh! I was literally having flashbacks to labour. Thankfully they were only bad like that for the first 12 hours or so.

I found them worse than labour the first time, so this really worries me! Did you have a natural or managed second stage? Just wondering if that makes a difference as opted for natural this time after managed last time, which I found almost unbearable.

 

[too_scared]

I had natural births both times. With my first I barely felt after pains at all. With my second labour was much faster and much more intense. The after pains were seriously bordering on the crazy intense contractions I had. But they were only crazy painful for about 12 hours.

 

[SparklesHeart]

Oh my I had forgotten about after pains!! I think they def get worse with each child.....this is no 4. Ahhh!!

 

[too_scared]

Oh my I had forgotten about after pains!! I think they def get worse with each child.....this is no 4. Ahhh!!