This is important. I have experienced things this last week that I should have known about before it was happening to me. You stinkin moms know what I'm talking about, even if you choose to remain silent (punks). Yeah, I'm a little bitter, but someone should have told me about this crap. None of this is plesant to talk about but I feel I must share these details as a public service to all my soon to be mommy friends so you wont have to say "no one told me about this!". It's graphic, you've been warned.
-15 minutes potty trips...it takes you forever to go to the bathroom after labor, you got to spray stuff, apply medicines, change things out...you get the picture. Its all a pain but the time you loose is the hardest part. Showers are the same way.
-Breastfeeding... not at all as I thought it would be. Maybe I'm a horrible mother but its not the amazing bonding super-fun time I was told it would be (at least not yet). Its painful. VERY painful...you can even bleed (to my pleasant surprise). I'm told it will get better but this first week has been extremely painful.
-Hemeroindes...nuf said. (I didn't even know what they were until now so you can imagine my surprise when I was told they were totally normal and that the majority of women get them....again, why didn't I know this?)
-Abdominal Hernias. These little drops of sunshine showed up in my upper abdomen a day or so after child birth and felt like small sensitive rocks/lumps in my stomach, very tender to the touch and lumpy. Again, didn't know what a hernia was so I was totally in the dark on this one.
-Swelling. This was no surprise, I've been swollen the last 5 months but I thought it would go away. For me, it's still happening.
-Ok so this is nasty but....bowl movements, scariest waiting game ever. I didn't realize how horrifying it would be to go for the first time...tmi , but seriously.
-No one told me just how much I would cry. Baby blues have been rough. Even when my sweet mama was here, I was crying every day, so as you can imagine, when she left, I was a wreck. Thank heavens for my sweet husband...that's all I can say.
So yeah that sounds pretty bad, but here are a few less gruesome things that no one told me about
-No one told me that I would have a euphoric love for my son instantly, and that despite my lack of sleep and good health, i would have more than enough strength to stay up all night staring at my beautiful baby the night after he was born.
-No one told me that Chad and I would be united as a couple on a whole new level with our love for our son and for each other. Not as husband and wife this time, but as the father of my child and the mother of his.
-No one told me that I would uncontrollably kiss my son all day long. Chad and I aren't super kissy but when it comes to Liam, we can't keep our lips off him. (the neck kisses are our favorite..little turtle neck)
-No one told me how much I'd love this. Motherhood is my future and I'm so excited each day as Liam teaches me more and more! I look at him and still can;t believe he's mine! I just keep thinking..i made dis!
I really thought I made all of this stuff baitenly obvious after all 5 of mine. I throw it ALL out there…hemmroids…big time…breastfeeding, I swear you had to have seen me cry every time I did it…with everyone…and that I had to go (all the way to Flagstaff…hour each way) to the hospital lactational specialist twice a week before finally just being able to pump for 4 months and not nurse. Yea, I'm a huge NOT fan of the first few months after baby. There are some freaks that it comes very easily for….they heal right up in the vajayjay, nursing is cake and they fit back into their stupid pre baby jeans in a couple of weeks. But maybe you just didn't pay attention to me and my many post baby complaints. I DID put it all out there. Um, 17 days w/o a bowel movement…imagine my terror when I did. Yea, but I agree, it's nothing compared to the kid! Hence 5 of em running around me right now. And yea, they should give you a thing during your last trimester to read about the crap that'll happen and how time consuming everything is the first month or so. Each day does get better (unless you get mastitis or a yeast infection, yea, cool). Let's Skype!
ReplyDeleteIsnt it getting better each day? OK, I just say that cuz I have guilt for not telling you all the crap your body goes through - just wanted you to enjoy the wonderful pregnancy that is so delightful. Just read this before each baby birth and you will be surprised how its a little better each time. (If you get an epidural:)
ReplyDeleteLove that little Liam and his mom and dad too.