After Birth
All I can say is, I was so grateful to have packed my own heating pad. That was my lifesaver. The pain kicked in and even my socks hurt. I felt like I was run over by a truck. Muscles hurt that I didn't even know I had. The nurse explained that I did the equivalent of running a marathon by pushing for 3 hours. In addition to having the C-Section pain which was the icing on the cake. I couldn't even switch sides to breastfeed him myself. Someone had to lift him for me to switch sides. If you thought that random strangers touching your belly while pregnant was weird, then prepare yourself for having random people touch your breasts after giving birth. One of which was a coworker who was not my favorite human. I have to say the night nurses were amazing. Although, just a couple of hours after having surgery, my nurse had me stand at the bedside. I thought I was going to die. I will also recommend bringing flip ...