05/09/2023
➡️ 10 things you need to know about postpartum but nobody tells you…
Postpartum has never been as first time moms expected it…
What is it really about?
Here, 10 important things you HAVE to know:
1. Whether vaginal birth or c-section, the area can remain swollen, irritated, sore or all together! 🥴
👉🏼 A comfortable ice pad like Ice Max will help (and will also absorb!).
2. Your belly won’t disappear overnight. It can even take months until you feel your body as “yours” again.
👉🏼 Be nice to yourself meanwhile ♥️
3. You cannot use toilet paper when going to the bathroom.
👉🏼 Use a peri bottle instead and a soft cotton towel.
4. You cannot use tampons or a menstrual cup during postpartum.
👉🏼 Just use catch-all pads with disposable underwear!
5. Yes, hemorrhoids cap appear.
👉🏼 Ask your doctor for a cream, spray, foam, or whatever may help you relieve the pain or discomfort.
6. You don’t have to prepare your ni**les for breastfeeding.
👉🏼 But it would be great to have a prenatal consultation with a Lactation Consultant.
7. Yes, can get really painful. Baby’s latch and milks’ firsts letdowns can hurt.
👉🏼 Contact a Lactation Consultant for personalized help.
8. Sleep deprivation is unmeasurable difficult 😞
👉🏼 Ask for help. Build a support system.
Being able to give clear messages is key ♥️
9. Hormones might take over every single cell of your body.
👉🏼 Take it easy, one step at a time, it won’t be forever.
10. A new baby transforms you, birth is the beginning of that new you.
👉🏼 Explore it and embrace it.
* We love for making visible how real postpartum looks like!

