tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243796588107986245.post3128403563915551045..comments2023-10-25T08:20:57.742-07:00Comments on Things We Wish We Had Known: Recovery is a BitchV/P/A/Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17950143137170306730noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243796588107986245.post-23398807839185463032009-04-12T23:22:00.000-07:002009-04-12T23:22:00.000-07:00As long as we are being honest about the horrors o...As long as we are being honest about the horrors of recovery, we should probably point out that even though the stomach looks disturbing, the exit hole is much, much scarier. I made the mistake of using a mirror the day after birth to look at the tear. BAD IDEA!!!! Just don't look, kay. Ice it. Spray that numbing stuff they give you. Sit on your little pillow. Just do not look! At least for the first week. Granted, my baby came out upside down, so perhaps the trauma was worse than normal. I'll let you know when #2 comes out. ;)christaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224207076104863092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243796588107986245.post-49526607092036387022009-04-11T19:24:00.000-07:002009-04-11T19:24:00.000-07:00I think part of the recovery also includes fear. N...I think part of the recovery also includes fear. Now that your baby is our of you, a whole new set of fears come with him/her. Is he/she breathing? why is he/she jumping so much? too little poop, too much poop? why this? why that?<BR/>Part of the recovery is getting to know this whole new person, likes and dislikes, and that takes TIME!!! and a whole lot of PATIENCE, if your baby cries is not your fault!! he/She is learning how to communicate.<BR/>No, you don't sleep when the baby sleeps - that's an urban myth - <BR/>You want to be superwoman - like those fairytale mothers who birth while plowing and come home to take care of the whole family and cows - yeah right! ask for help, it is OK, and people around you feel useful.<BR/>and of the pain that it comes when your uterus shrinks!!!!! very painful!!!<BR/><BR/>julianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6243796588107986245.post-74445624945928234302009-04-09T19:25:00.000-07:002009-04-09T19:25:00.000-07:00this might be t.m.i. but i wish i would have know ...this might be t.m.i. but i wish i would have know the sheer pain i would be in from peeing alone.jjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017748761723008273noreply@blogger.com