For the first couple weeks after delivery I had no appetite

I overprepared - I had a postpartum doula, because I was sure my recovery is going to be long and painful, so I assumed I'm gonna spend the first six weeks barely functioning I felt fine two days after coming home and the extended presence of a stranger three times a week was getting on my nerves by the end of week three I'm grateful for the support and so happy we are finally done with it, so I can have my space back

I was so cold all of the time I wore my velour bathrobe around my house basically 24/7. Over my pj's and lounge clothes. It ended up being like a walkable blanket with easy access for breastfeeding so it worked out. But the first 2-3 weeks I was so cold!

The postpartum STINK. It was just an ungodly body odor that could not be combatted with showers, deodorant, lotions, nothing.

When we got home my husband immediately said “I need you to know I love the baby more than you now” and for a couple days I felt like any worth I brought to the world was gone now that I had a baby… I felt replaced and discarded, in my exhaustion and huge hormonal drop days after having my baby. It was rough and isolating and very briefly made me jealous of my child. Sleep, food, and time made that go away, though.

How different every recovery can be. Your experience postpartum is valid no matter what that experience is like or how similar it is to others (including your own past experiences). Be kind to yourself. You're not weak if it's really hard, and you don't need to feel guilty if it's really easy.

Fear. How much scare we would be handling her alone without the presence of the nurses and the doctors who were just a call bell away for the first 3 days. They discharged us on the 4th day and expected us just leave with this teeny tiny human being and keep it alive? Heloo!!? Yeah these were mine and my husbands thoughts on the day we got discharged. Scared. Postpartum is scary. Esplly when it's your first time.

Losing the sensation to pee for two months

Just how wet it is! You’re bleeding, sweating, crying, nursing and leaking milk. The milk is everywhere and it SMELLS

1) The night sweats! 2) The sundown scaries 3) The contractions when breastfeeding 4) D-mer - a feeling of dread and extreme tiredness during letdown (it’s quite uncommon but I’ve had it with both babies 🙃) 5) The frustration at not ever being able to put down the baby (Velcro babies who would only nap in a sling) 6) The desire to get back to work almost as soon as I had the baby just so I could use my brain and have a break (see previous point)