after giving birth..
might be tmi but i wish someone would of told me this before i gave birth so here goes...
after you have given birth, the midwives in the hospital like you to eat something, and have a wee before they even consider sending you home.
i wouldnt wee because i was so scared it would hurt.. they told me if i didnt go i could catch a urine infection.. so i sat on the beeday and poured cold water on myself... DONT do it!! it stings like crazy!!!!!!!
when you need to wee.... use WARM water.... i used to stand in the shower while i weed... made it so much easier!!!
so there ya go... i hope by posting this at least 1 person will benefit from it!! )
after you have given birth, the midwives in the hospital like you to eat something, and have a wee before they even consider sending you home.
i wouldnt wee because i was so scared it would hurt.. they told me if i didnt go i could catch a urine infection.. so i sat on the beeday and poured cold water on myself... DONT do it!! it stings like crazy!!!!!!!
when you need to wee.... use WARM water.... i used to stand in the shower while i weed... made it so much easier!!!
so there ya go... i hope by posting this at least 1 person will benefit from it!! )
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come on girls! what would you like to have been given tips on!?
This may sound disgusting but I recommend you do your first poo in a shallow warm bath - my god it was like giving birth again, the pain! Disgusting and horrid yes but most definately needed! LOL.
Also have loads of breast pads to hand if you don't intend on breast feeding - one little wipe on full boobys is enough to squirt. TMI sorry! ;0) xx
i was taking 2 paracetmol and an ibuprofen every 4 hours... without fail. i think i nearly overdosed at one point! damn sleep deprivation!
Take tonnes of maternity pads and clean knickers. My waters kept leaking out with every contraction so I got through a lot of both!!
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Honestly... lean as far forward as you can.. basically put your hands on the floor!! It stops the wee touching any of your bits at all so no stinging!!
I really wish someone had told me this from the start.. i didnt start doing it till about day 3 when my mum arrived and told me.. gosh it was so nice to pee and it not sting my stitches!!
Also buy some Badidas for the bath.. its an expensive bubble bath but so soothing!! You can get it in Boots
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ive been lucky enough not to need stitches. however with my 1st ds it really hurt to go for a wee!!! i didnt bother mentioning this to anyone as i thought.... ive just had a baby! what do i expect!!?
i was a bit silly and tried not to drink too much so i had to go to the toilet less often.
3 days later, i had bad tummy pains... they got worse... the only way i could describe it was like a contraction! only the pain didnt come and go like a contraction does it just stayed and got worse and worse.
i got rushed into hospital.... turns out i had a water infection!
please girls.... if you have had stitches or not and it hurts to have a wee, at least tell someone!! dont do what i did and just assume its normal as you have just given birth! i wouldnt wish what i went through on anyone.
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I also recommend leaning forward and pressing a maternity pad over the stitched area.
Try and do your pelvic floor exercises asap as that gets the blood flowing down there which helps the healing process!
I was lucky and had a bit of an upset tummy so going for a no2 wasn't traumatic at all
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Disposable knickers are great for the first week or so as you can throw the lot away...
Nipple cream and shields a must of you want to try breastfeeding...
And a HUGE bar of your favourite chocolate!! come on you deserve it after all of that and forget trying to loose that baby fat straight away!!! lol!!!
Helen - baby no 2 due tomorrow!!
always have a drink to hand when breastfeedingf-it really is thirsty work!
tell everyone-no visitors til u call them, all i wanted to do was cuddle my children but both times i had a housefull and not 1 person offered to get ,me anything to eat and i was too worried to stand up incase of leaks with a room full of people so i was really hungry!!!
as already said buy lots of maternity pads!
ask hospital for some of the large inco pads they put on the bed, thery are brilliant to put on bathroom floor when getting in and out of bath when still bleeding.
take reenies into hospital bag as they dont have them and will give u horrible gavasgon if u have heartburn and it tastes awful!!