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post #1 of 18
4/13/07 at 10:28pm
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What are some things you wish someone had told you, either about the birth/labor or actually having a child at home.
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post #2 of 18
4/13/07 at 10:28pm
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That labor isn't really as scary as you think it is

It doesn't happen like on TV, you will have enough time to get to the hospital (esp for your first child)
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post #3 of 18
4/13/07 at 10:36pm
How incredibly hard it was to have a newborn at home, how utterly clueless I would be, and that mother nature didn't just kick in.
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post #4 of 18
4/14/07 at 9:35am
hmm... i think just the fact that it takes so LONG to heal afterwards.. and the after pains (those were the WORST!!)
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post #5 of 18
4/14/07 at 6:21pm
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Uhh what are after pains? I never had any I guess.
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post #6 of 18
4/14/07 at 8:02pm
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Originally Posted by melizerd
Uhh what are after pains? I never had any I guess.
You were probably still doped up that you didn't feel them.
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post #7 of 18
4/14/07 at 9:36pm
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I dunno I wasn't doped up long. I could walk around after half an hour, do they end that quick? I never even heard about them. Good thing too or I would have been freaking out that they would be painful
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post #8 of 18
4/14/07 at 10:10pm
Mel, I think they're more noticeable if you're nursing...I had major cramping after I had all mine, but that's a good thing...the nursing helps shrink your uterus quicker.
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post #9 of 18
4/14/07 at 10:30pm
i didn't nurse.. but i had Horrible cramps and back pains after i had both my boys... it's possible that everyone doesn't get them...
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post #10 of 18
4/14/07 at 10:45pm
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ok well I'm glad I didn't get them then, some things ya don't need to experience
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post #11 of 18
4/14/07 at 11:16pm
that the sleep deprivation lasts til they are three.. or older
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post #12 of 18
4/14/07 at 11:19pm
That 0-3 clothes do not fit size 0's LOL.

that thrush on your breasts can last 10 months

That not all moms and babies take to nursing naturally.

That baby boys will pee anytime their penis' are uncovered

That formula does not smell good either going in or coming out

that bathing a baby is a lot like grabbing a greased pig

that there are times you feel like the worst mother in the world even when you're doing everything right.

That somehow.. someway.. you CAN love your second +++++ as much as your first, that your heart just.. expands.
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post #13 of 18
4/15/07 at 9:09am
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Bathing a baby is like grabbing a greased pig. Thanks for the image of trying to BATHE a greased pig.
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post #14 of 18
4/15/07 at 1:07pm
How absolutely WONDERFUL a shower that lasts more than 45 seconds would feel !!

....and how CRABBY a human can get when sleep-deprived and hungry !

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post #15 of 18
4/15/07 at 1:24pm
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That somehow.. someway.. you CAN love your second +++++ as much as your first, that your heart just.. expands.
So true!

I wish my mother had just shut up. It wasn't nearly as bad as she made it sound and I had two c-sections and she had natural deliveries at a much younger age!
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post #16 of 18
4/15/07 at 3:20pm
Mel, sorry
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post #17 of 18
4/16/07 at 12:46pm
Liz !
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post #18 of 18
4/16/07 at 1:47pm
How your due date is almost never accurate and it's actually something that will drive you crazy in the end if you think about it too much. I was 9 days overdue. What a bummer!!!
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