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July 2012 Moms
Sh!t I Didn't Know...
Now that I have a 12 week old (she was 7 weeks premature), I feel like I have this Mom gig almost figured out. Feed the kid, burp the kid, change the kid, snuggle the kid, lather rinse repeat.
However, there is something new almost every week that stops me in my tracks and makes me say "Whoa! No one warned me about that!". Why aren't moms more open about their experiences post-partum? I feel like I'm some sort of freak and when I ask a friend/family member they say "Oh yea, that happened to me, too". A little fore-warning would have been nice!
So let's hear it ladies- Tell us all the sh!t you didn't know/realize would happen after giving birth. The more TMI, the better 
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Re: Sh!t I Didn't Know...
I'll start-
I had no clue the first time I got my period after delivering would be like a crime scene. I figured it would be heavy but no one warned me about how bad it would be. And the cramps! OMG the cramps!
My hair is thinning like nothing I've ever seen before. I am literally shedding more than my dogs. My hair is everywhere.
The hormones immediately after delivery was the craziest roller coaster I have ever been on! The night sweats, the crying, the outbursts. I'm surprised I'm still married after that first week.
The c-section hurt REALLY bad. Not the actual procedure but the recovery in the weeks after. I felt like such a baby because no matter what I did, it hurt. That was not fun at all.
Ditto! I had a patch from the second they gave it to me and it just spread until I had feeling in 75% of my abdomen! WTF?
This. I am one of those that love the cold weather, and the heat makes me sick,but there are times since i have had Austin where DH is complaining he is hot and i am freezing and putting long sleeves on. I never had hot flashes with Cale.
I cannot believe the washing hands thing either! I do not think I have ever washed my hands so much. At least the hand soap I have in stock is getting used. lol
Everyone talks about how you do not know what to expect with baby while you are pregnant. Why doesn't anyone tell you that your personal area down there will be sore and it will be a pain you have never felt before! No one warns you about your body, just about what to expect with baby.
I did not expect to feel stranded here at home. I feel like I cannot go anywhere without someone with me to help if I need it.
No one told me a whole mess of stuff about PP!
For one, no one told me that after pushing out a 10+ pound baby I would lose the ability to pee or even feel the need to pee. For the whole first week I had to have a catheter (meaning I had a lovely pee bag attached to my leg, yay). When we figured out I couldn't pee on my own and finally put a catheter in 10 hours after delivery a whole liter of urine came out and I hadn't felt the slightest tinge of needing to pee. Insane. No one tells you this stuff!
Second, no one told me that after a 60 hour labor I would put on 20 pounds of water weight and be huuuuugely swollen due to pitocin and IV fluids. Again, I had a 10+ pound baby but came home weighing 5 pounds more than when I got induced.
Third, no one told me I would get carpel tunnel from being so swollen and that even a month out from delivery I would still have it. It sucks. I have to wear wrist splints.
I was one HOT momma my first week home - pee bag on my leg, swollen as all get out, wearing compression socks and wrist splints. If only I had head gear too!
Also, no one warned me about the INSANE amount of gas after the c-section. It was embaressing. I had a room full of people visiting us in the hospital and I'm farting up a storm. I put big-rig truckers to shame.
OMG! The pooping! To be perfectly honest, the first one was fine, but everything after that has been hell. If it's not a huge brick tearing me to shreds, it's pouring out like hot lava. Dear God, will it ever be normal again?
The hormones...yeah, wow...poor DH, he dealt with it like a champ.
When you BF, you're supposed to increase your calories (good, quality calories at that).....ok, so someone explain to me how I'm supposed to do that when A) I'm not hungry, and
there's a baby clinging to me requiring constant attention. There have been days where it's 1 or 2 in the afternoon before I get a chance to eat.
You feed the kid, change the kid, get your self ready, strap him into the carseat, he craps his pants, you take him out and change him again, put him back in the carseat, he screams, you look at the clock, HOLY HECK it's time for him to eat again.......you will never get out of the house on time ever again.