10 Things They Don’t Tell You After Giving Birth

Here are 10 things no one ever tells you about life after givng birth from our friends at Pregnant Chicken:

1. You will have a really heavy period. No matter how you give birth (c-section or va-j-j) you will have postpartum bleeding. This delightful discharge is called lochia and it sounds about as appealing as it is. It lasts as little as two to three weeks or as long as six weeks after birth. The best part is you’re given giant thunderpads in the hospital because you can’t use tampons during this time (it can introduce bacteria into your healing uterus) so you have the added pleasure of feeling like a 15-year old girl from 1974.

Source: 10 Things They Don’t Tell You After Giving Birth | Pregnant Chicken