Pregnancy's Best Kept Secrets

ktpie

Curious_George wrote: »

pregnancy does not agree with me one bit, it makes me sick, tired and ropey feeling for the whole thing.... but against my better judgement im going to do it just one more time (damn persuasive OH)

I'm the same, I'm currently halfway through my second pregnancy and can't wait to have the baby, I know that once the baby is born there will be all the horrible after birth problems to contend with, piles for 5 months last time, but at least I will feel like me again!

gravitytolls

Very bad back ache, kind of in the rib cage by the shoulder blades. It wakes me, keeps me awake, and has me feeling pretty sorry for myself. Helps if I lay on my side, but heartburn prohibits such a simple solution.

And then there's the weepies ..... aaaah, I can't wait until it's all over.

got-it-spend-it

I had no idea how tiring it would be- pregnancy is exhausting, pretty much from start to finish. The bloom of the second trimester is surely a myth created to give hope in that first twelve weeks. I now have a three week old baby who wakes three times a night, but I am less tired now then when I was pregnant.

It is so true that you leave your dignity at the door when you give birth, but you really don't care! I honestly couldn't have cared less who saw me naked by the end of my labour, nor did I care that post c-section I was given suppository pain killers!

I also never thought I would be grateful for a bed bath, but I was! After 44 hours of labour and a c-section I was so grateful to be cleaned that I didn't care about the indignity of it all. I was also totally blase about the midwife changing my maternity pads whilst I waited for the epidural to wear off and was unable to do it myself.

But you know what, my little bundle of joy was so worth all 42 weeks of my epic pregnancy and all 44 hours of his equally epic birth!

third_time_lucky

"Your pelvic floor may feel a little loose"

It felt like all my insides were falling out! Sorry if TMI - it was the most horrible feeling ever!

jimjams_mommy

I lost a lot of blood after I had DS ( all the midwife said was I had a little trickle ) my G.P phone me the day I came home from the hospital to ask if I had been given blood ( I thought all dr did this, they don't ). I hadn't so she gave me Iron tablets lets just say my poo was a different colour black!. I was given lactolose with the tablets as she said I might need it, couldn't understand why till the second day:eek: construipation:eek:

Recovered and expecting second in next few weeks. My advice from my friend who was a midwife, pack a water bottle with a sports cap. Fill with warm water and squirt on your girly bits when you first wee after labour ( a god send if you have stiches or a wee bit sore )

delain

Stitches you have to sit on :eek:

Oh, and that if you dare to stand out by having twins naturally instead of c-section that 20 odd students will be summoned in to have a look :eek: and this was on a sunday, so I'm not sure if they were there on the off chance or were called in specially :eek:

delain

jimjams_mommy wrote: »

I lost a lot of blood after I had DS ( all the midwife said was I had a little trickle ) my G.P phone me the day I came home from the hospital to ask if I had been given blood ( I thought all dr did this, they don't ). I hadn't so she gave me Iron tablets lets just say my poo was a different colour black!. I was given lactolose with the tablets as she said I might need it, couldn't understand why till the second day:eek: construipation:eek:

Recovered and expecting second in next few weeks. My advice from my friend who was a midwife, pack a water bottle with a sports cap. Fill with warm water and squirt on your girly bits when you first wee after labour ( a god send if you have stiches or a wee bit sore )

Bit OT but you can get a great natural iron supplement called spatone which is liquid and you drink it with orange juice. Dr said its more effective than the pills and its about £4 for a 2 week supply! And you don't get constipation or black poo.

jimjams_mommy

delain, thanks for the tip will go and get some as was told chance of it happening again was quiet high.

jimjams_mommy

Stitches you have to sit on :eek:
yep delain just remebered!!! that hurts used to buy the blucky pads and use two on top of each other. Also put a clean pad in the freezer to cool it down for relief! oh no its all coming back to me what I have coming in the next few weeks!!!!!!!

glitterycloud

That newborns have a ferocious suck

My nipples were not ready for the shock of just how hard a newborn can suck and hold on and sometimes biting with their gums.

That my milk let down would happen any time and place, I have lost count the amount of times I have had to change clothes in the night from sleeping on my boobs and having them leaking terribly. having leaky boobs while watching tele or being on internet?
How much my boobs would hurt from being full with milk to the point I needed to express, my lo is coming up 5 weeks old and my body hasn't got the supply/demand right yet.