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The Post-Pregnancy Fun They DIDN’T Tell You About

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February 28, 2020 by Home Jobs By Mom
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Pregnancy is one of life’s miracles. You get to grow a brand new life from scratch and give birth to it – which your body is built to do. Once you get to the end of pregnancy, with a bump like a watermelon and a road map of stretch marks across your belly, you'll have labor to look forward to. Labor is often described in graphic detail, down to the last stage, where the placenta is born. It’s after this that the real ‘fun’ begins, though. You’ve got your beautiful bundle in your arms safely and the rest of your life to raise your baby. However, there are a few postnatal things you’re about to go through that you may not be aware of, so take a deep breath and read on.

After Pains

Your womb expands to accommodate a baby, placenta, and fluid over nine months. That’s a lot of growth that’s gone on. After that baby emerges, your womb will contract to its original size. You’ve probably read that’s going to happen in one of your baby books. But that shrinking is painful!

The contractions you felt when you went into labor were painful, but imagine having similar pains again, without a baby at the end? Yeah – that’s the afterpains. They get progressively worse the more children you have and are especially bad when breastfeeding, as the hormones make this process go faster. Thankfully, they don’t go on and on for hours but have painkillers handy to combat this.

Postnatal Bleeding


When your placenta breaks away, you are left with what is essentially an open wound. You’ve not menstruated for nine full months, and this accumulation of blood needs to get out.

You can buy maternity pads for your hospital bag to deal with this. Unfortunately, the bleeding can take up to six weeks to slow down, so it's a good idea to buy A LOT of these. You can also use reusable sanitary pads that should cut the cost of the number of pads needed.

The discomfort you feel after labor can sometimes be exacerbated by what feels like a huge mattress in your underwear. There’s a nifty little solution, though! If you soak your pads in witch hazel and place them in the freezer, you'll at least have an instant soother!

Hair Loss

Pregnancy hormones stop your hair from falling out. There’s a reason that thick and lustrous hair signifies you’re pregnant in the early days. Once those hormones rush out of your body, your hair has nine months of catching up to do, and the shedding can be alarming.

In some cases, it can get bad enough to need a hair growth shampoo. It can be scary to wash your hair in the shower and have handfuls of hair come out. It should slow down, and there are products you can use to keep your hair from getting too damaged.

Before you know it your hair will go back to its crowning glory.

Postnatal Depression


Postnatal depression is not talked about nearly enough and every woman who has a baby goes through a few days of the baby blues. There is a big difference between baby blues and postnatal depression, though. Make sure you understand what is normal and what needs immediate help.

Pregnancy is a miracle, but no one said it was an easy one to handle. The trick is to be as prepared as possible and have a lot of support around you. 

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  1. Dana Rodriguez

    March 13, 2020 at 10:26 am

    Yeah you are right. You never hear about any of these things except for the depression.

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      April 15, 2020 at 8:29 am

      Those hospital pads with the netting are so stylish too lol.

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      • Dana Rodriguez

        April 15, 2020 at 8:40 am

        LOL I bet

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  2. Tamra Phelps

    February 29, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    I thought it was interesting, recently, when the Oscars refused to air a commercial for women who had just given birth because they said it was too graphic. It showed a new Mom getting up in the middle of the night to ‘change a diaper’ but of course, it was her own. The Oscars said it was a little too much. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth googling it.

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      March 19, 2020 at 2:46 pm

      I haven’t seen that yet. I definitely will Google it. Sounds like something all pregnant moms should watch!

      Reply

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