Pregnancy/Childbirth/Childcare....the things no one warns you about

AmandaP678 · August 2012

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jmo866 · August 2012

This may sound a bit exaggerated but it was very true in my case... no one told me that pushing that big head for 2.5 hours, sans meds, would leave me to feel like I had been tackled and kicked in the va-jay-jay repeatedly by an entire football team, for at least a few days.

Also, no one told me that I'd still be peeing when I sneeze, a year later....

swimiz500 · August 2012

No one mentioned the severity of the Baby Blues. I seriously thought I was losing it. I just cried for absolutely no reason, wasn't even particularly sad, just cried. A lot.

sharonstevens85 · August 2012

I never realized breastfeeding is a lot harder than it looks. Some people make it looks so easy. I had the hardest time.

Also, it's not the terrible two's you have to look out for... it's the terrible 3 and 4's, when they can talk back. 2's are easy!!!

AmandaP678 · August 2012

sharonstevens85:

Also, it's not the terrible two's you have to look out for... it's the terrible 3 and 4's, when they can talk back. 2's are easy!!!

I'm already thinking of shipping Timmy off to reform school! I hope it's not a precursor of what's to come!

Kara03 · August 2012

No one told me I could have a child who cried all day and night for the first 4 months.

Mason&Mama · August 2012

No one told me that breasfeeding would take place every 1-2 hours around the clock for 6 months and my child still wouldn't gain enough weight.

No one told me that I could possibly be ready for another baby so soon.

No one told me that losing the weight could actually be easy. I am sure I won't be this lucky next time.

AmandaP678 · August 2012

No one told me my kid would never sleep ever

lucylea · August 2012

No one told me I'd have post delivery hot flashes so bad I'd have to change the sheets in the middle of the night!

MISSMOLLY1214 · August 2012

Definitely the baby blues. My mom gave DH a heads up on it, but never told me how bad it could be. It felt like it took forever to get leveled out.

StrikeGirl · August 2012

No one told me it'd take 5 days for my milk to come in after my C-section. It was a struggle for the rest of our BF time. Then, the first ever night with LO, he slept all night. No one told me I was supposed to wake him up to feed him. I was so tired and stoked he was sleeping...didn't even cross my mind. Duh. Embarrassed

The nurses came in the next morning, I was all excited he slept and they were like, "Ummmmm...."

lisamoe · August 2012

jmo866:

This may sound a bit exaggerated but it was very true in my case... no one told me that pushing that big head for 2.5 hours, sans meds, would leave me to feel like I had been tackled and kicked in the va-jay-jay repeatedly by an entire football team, for at least a few days.

Also, no one told me that I'd still be peeing when I sneeze, a year later....

Me too. I feel your pain!

lisamoe · August 2012

No one told me how to deal with a colicky baby.

No one told me how hard it was to BF. And deal with the horrible nipple pain.

AmandaP678 · August 2012

lisamoe:
jmo866:

This may sound a bit exaggerated but it was very true in my case... no one told me that pushing that big head for 2.5 hours, sans meds, would leave me to feel like I had been tackled and kicked in the va-jay-jay repeatedly by an entire football team, for at least a few days

Also, no one told me that I'd still be peeing when I sneeze, a year later....
Me too. I feel your pain!

Omg I had the exact opposite. My nurses were up ass to make sure I log every time he fed and I had to do like every 2 hours or less. It was a pain in the ass!

JennV514 · August 2012

That some babies don't sleep. Also, how huge your nipples get during pregnancy.

weebos8 · August 2012

That my baby crying for hours upon hours was not normal, and no pedi, at 4 months it still wasn't colic.

MandG2010 · August 2012

SO TIRED! All the time! I thought pulling all-nighters in college was rough...nope, not compared to 2 months of being up around the clock.

caraleeb · August 2012

No one told me i might hemmorage giving birth! or that you have to push so hard you think your head is going to explode. No one told me i might physically shake, refuse to eat, and hate the sound of my baby crying because it meant i had to deal with him. No one told me i might not love him right away. No one told me i might spend the first three months in a haze and that my husband would be doing all the work because physically i couldnt walk for almost 2 months due to his birth. No one told me i would have to seek help for myself.

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