A lot of woman don’t talk about what happens after giving birth. Or at least not a lot of things.
Here are a few things I did with my last pregnancy.
First! You’re going to bleed ALOT! Like a massive period that lasts for a good 4-6 weeks. There’s not much you can do about this. But one thing I did to make things a tiny bit easier. I used Depends instead of the giant pads they give you at the hospital. I only used them for the first week or two. But they were a life/bed sheets/clothes saver!
I bought two sizes. One was my normal pregnancy size. The second was a size up. I wound up using both sizes.
Second! I only breast fed my second baby. She was so tiny and still is. But, a bonus to breast feeding is that you loose your baby weight super quick. Or that’s how it was for me.
When you nurse, you contract. You need contractions to help your body go back to its normal size and to get all of the left over baby junk out and also to get everything back in its place. I’m sure there’s more medical reasons to this. But that’s my view on it.
Third! Tylenol and Motrin work just as good as prescription pain medicine.
Fourth! Don’t buy tons and tons of newborn clothes. Chances are your baby will only be in newborn for a very VERY short period. We didn’t buy very many outfits and he still didn’t wear a few of them. Buy a mixture. Newborn, 3-month, and 3-6 month.
And make sure you stock up on burp clothes. I did not and wish I had! We usually run out before the next washing and we have to use rags.
Fifth! Don’t buy a lot of one type of bottle. Just because they like said bottle right now, does not mean they’ll like it in a week or two. It took me about 4 months to figure out which bottles Ricket likes.
These are just a few things I wish I would’ve known/done before. I’m sure I’ll be back with another list soon!
If you have any tips or advice for new mamas, leave them in the comments of this post!
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