Pregnancy's Best Kept Secrets

Thriftylady

and theres more !

C-section (as some have mentioned before) left a lovely 'apron' of sagging skin. After a few days, I became convinced that I had developed some sort of weird flesh eating infection as there seemed to be a strange smell coming from my belly. Accosted a midwife who told me that it was only sweat which had gathered in my folds of skin, and it could be cured by washing and drying the area......ooooh, was I embarassed !! Was a nice addition to the ingrowing hairs.....

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Thanks everyone, I had a right laugh this morning.

Something that hasn't been mentioned is having the shakes after the epidural. I couldn't stop shaking, I was so worried, but my midwife told me it was normal.

msmicawber

I got the shakes right after giving birth each time, before the epidural. I was told that was normal too.

finc

msmicawber wrote:

I got the shakes right after giving birth each time, before the epidural. I was told that was normal too.

I forgot about those!

With my 2nd I had them for nearly 3 hours..I just couldn't stop shaking, it was mad. I also got the giggles.

Can't blame it on an epidural though as I didn't have any drugs with my 2nd, it was too quick. I think it's the adrenaline kicking in :rolleyes:.

daisykate124

Shut up you lot!

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Hey Daisykate, it's not that bad, really! I am soon going to try for baby no. 2

MoaningMyrtle

That you feel as if you have been run over by a steam-roller afterwards

That you may have burst bloodvessels in your eyes due to hard pushing

That you don't necessarily receive an aneasthetic for an epistiotomy

That you may be too frightened to 'open you bowels' for a while (like 6 days)

That your undercarriage is subject to many inspections by many people

Breastfeeding is a toe-curling experience, you may have to be determined and really persevere to be successful at it.

That you don't relly care about any of the above when you have you baby in your arms

MadamBroke

Agutka wrote:

May as well own up, it didn't happen this time. This trying to conceive is really hard it seems. Anyway, when I got my period I was really upset and I still can't shake the feeling of depression a few days on. I hope I don't feel like this every time... I feel I haven't smiled in days. Hopes up or what?

How long have you been trying, may i ask? If its over a year you go and see your GP.....

Its horrid feeling every time you try and getting nothing. Ive been there many months but I hope soon you will get some great news. Keep in there!!

rchddap1

This trying to conceive is really hard it seems

Took me a while. I always thought that it'll happen when it happens. Kind of obvious right? What I mean is...when a baby wants to put in an appearance it will. And eventually she did. Now she takes great joy in wriggling around in there, giving me sharp prods in weird places, and making me feel like I could sleep for a week.

Don't worry about it....just relax and give things time.

nic82

Christmasshopper wrote:

There is a 13 year gap between my babies, but I had remembered the razor thing. For my second child I decided that I didn't want the indignation of being shaved by a stranger weilding a strange razor, so I would do it myself before I went to the hospital. So I did. I did exactly what the nurse had done the first time. I shaved everything from the waist down. Obviously, at this stage I had to do it by feel rather than by sight, but I felt like I'd done a pretty good job. Just to check, I called my husband for an inspection and he announced that I looked like a plucked chicken!:huh:
When I got to the hospital, the doctor who had seen my bits on a regular basis for weeks before was puzzled. I explained my "strange razor" theory. He burst out laughing and said, " I'd heard they used to do this, but that was before my time. We don't do it these days!":rotfl:

My SIL gave birth last year and they shaved her! She said that if she has another baby, she'll be doing it herself just in case!

I wonder if different hospitals have different policies