{"id":2838,"date":"2019-11-07T17:26:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T17:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/this-is-postpartum-my-experience\/"},"modified":"2019-11-09T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T12:54:13","slug":"this-is-postpartum-my-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838","title":{"rendered":"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

11-7-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is postpartum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s my wedding anniversary. I\u2019m not able to even go to a mediocre restaurant to celebrate. I\u2019ve went out a few times in the past week and ended up paying for it so I\u2019m done with that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently I\u2019m 2 1\/2 weeks out. I thought I would at least be walking around and doing for myself at this point. I mean, I can do things on my own but my gosh is it painful. I\u2019m in pain constantly. I would take labor over this. At least I got a break during labor in between contractions. This is constant bone pain in my pubic bone, and pain from the tears I had from where they took him out from me with forceps. I also had pushed for 5 hours and he was sitting on my pubic bone that entire time. I\u2019m sure I also used every muscle and bone in my body during my natural labor as well. That last hour and a half I had an epidural was heaven. I wish I had one now. I have to take magnesium to make sure I don\u2019t get backed up bc pressure from crap sitting in my colon also causes me more pain. But I have to be careful bc too much Mag and I will crap myself bc I have NO MUSCEL CONTROL down there. Baby is perfect and nurses so well, I\u2019m so grateful bc if he wasn\u2019t so good I\u2019m sure I would be in a depressed state. Also I have a great support system from my parents and husband. Its no wonder we have such high rates of PPD. I know there has to be so many women who DON\u2019T have support and who are suffering. I can\u2019t even imagine doing this alone or having another kid to take care of on top of recovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m past the point of ice packs helping and tucks pads are pointless. I take Epsom salt baths daily and use dermaplast frequently with little relief. They gave me a weeks worth of Tylenol 3 after I called my midwife in tears after the first week. That helped but I\u2019m off it now and only on OTC Tylenol and Ibuprofen. I sit on a heating pad that I\u2019ve thrown over my boppy that I\u2019ve used as a donut to take pressure off my lady parts when I\u2019m sitting. I sleep in a recliner most nights. I find it ironic that I was so prepared for labor bc I thought that would be the hardest part. It wasn\u2019t for me. Honestly even though I had to have a forceps delivery the rest was a cake walk compared to the aftermath. The 4th trimester. Not enough people talk about this and I\u2019m not sure why! I pee on myself DAILY and that\u2019s the easiest part of my day. I barely bled at all. I didn\u2019t need Depends for all the blood, no, I needed the Depends for what they were meant for. Pee and poop. I wish I could remember what it was like to not have constant pain. Hormones definitely don\u2019t help this situation. I\u2019d like to add, I\u2019m no wuss. I had natural labor and pushed for almost 5 hours of that without any pain meds. So understand when I say I\u2019m hurting that it\u2019s not a mild pain. I\u2019m not writing this to scare anyone or to get sympathy, I\u2019m writing it to hopefully warn a new mom of what could potentially be her postpartum situation. Even as an L&D nurse, I had no idea this would\/could be harder than labor. I know there are many women who had great recovery and bounced back like it was nothing. But I am not that story unfortunately, and I hope to God you get the easy recovery. I wouldn\u2019t wish this on my worst enemy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

**addendum – after writing this I went in to see my midwife. She had a look and said everything looks great and is healing nicely. Sulcus tears are slow healing apparently. But they also are sending me to a specialist at Vandy since I\u2019m also having bone pain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ugh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love you, Mean It<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neisha <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[ the incontinent new mom ] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

11-7-19 This is postpartum. Today\u2019s my wedding anniversary. I\u2019m not able to even go to a mediocre restaurant to celebrate. I\u2019ve went out …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1373,1684,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-mom-life","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThis is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update · Neisha Loves It<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update · Neisha Loves It\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"11-7-19 This is postpartum. Today\u2019s my wedding anniversary. I\u2019m not able to even go to a mediocre restaurant to celebrate. I\u2019ve went out ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Neisha Loves It\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-07T17:26:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-09T12:54:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1896.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"neishalovesit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"neishalovesit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"neishalovesit\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9004c8d1aecf7fb80b956b7f3e84143\"},\"headline\":\"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-07T17:26:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-09T12:54:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838\"},\"wordCount\":739,\"commentCount\":63,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/img_1896.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\",\"Mom Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838\",\"name\":\"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update · Neisha Loves It\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/img_1896.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-07T17:26:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-09T12:54:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9004c8d1aecf7fb80b956b7f3e84143\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/img_1896.jpg?fit=2316%2C3088&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/img_1896.jpg?fit=2316%2C3088&ssl=1\",\"width\":2316,\"height\":3088},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?p=2838#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Neisha Loves It\",\"description\":\"Lifestyle Fashion Beauty\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/neishalovesit.blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9004c8d1aecf7fb80b956b7f3e84143\",\"name\":\"neishalovesit\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e9ec0ad87cd90afe453f2dbca3dd995b482423d30e7691064eb6e82e282b4736?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e9ec0ad87cd90afe453f2dbca3dd995b482423d30e7691064eb6e82e282b4736?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e9ec0ad87cd90afe453f2dbca3dd995b482423d30e7691064eb6e82e282b4736?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"neishalovesit\"},\"description\":\"Southern mama writing about life, food, fashion and adventure. Come along for the ride.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update · Neisha Loves It","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update · Neisha Loves It","og_description":"11-7-19 This is postpartum. Today\u2019s my wedding anniversary. I\u2019m not able to even go to a mediocre restaurant to celebrate. I\u2019ve went out ...","og_url":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838","og_site_name":"Neisha Loves It","article_published_time":"2019-11-07T17:26:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-11-09T12:54:13+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1896.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"neishalovesit","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"neishalovesit","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838"},"author":{"name":"neishalovesit","@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f9004c8d1aecf7fb80b956b7f3e84143"},"headline":"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update","datePublished":"2019-11-07T17:26:33+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-09T12:54:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838"},"wordCount":739,"commentCount":63,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1896.jpg","articleSection":["Blog","Mom Life"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838","url":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838","name":"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update · Neisha Loves It","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1896.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-07T17:26:33+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-09T12:54:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f9004c8d1aecf7fb80b956b7f3e84143"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/neishalovesit.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1896.jpg?fit=2316%2C3088&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/neishalovesit.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1896.jpg?fit=2316%2C3088&ssl=1","width":2316,"height":3088},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?p=2838#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"This is Postpartum?| 3(ish) Week Update"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/","name":"Neisha Loves It","description":"Lifestyle Fashion Beauty","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f9004c8d1aecf7fb80b956b7f3e84143","name":"neishalovesit","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9ec0ad87cd90afe453f2dbca3dd995b482423d30e7691064eb6e82e282b4736?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9ec0ad87cd90afe453f2dbca3dd995b482423d30e7691064eb6e82e282b4736?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9ec0ad87cd90afe453f2dbca3dd995b482423d30e7691064eb6e82e282b4736?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"neishalovesit"},"description":"Southern mama writing about life, food, fashion and adventure. Come along for the ride."}]}},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9dHvQ-JM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2838"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2843,"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions\/2843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neishalovesit.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}