Gave birth to my daughter last Friday. She was induced and eventually born by forceps delivery. I lost quite a lot of blood and had an episiotomy. I'm taking iron tablets and a couple of lots of antibiotics until the end of the week.
So that's the background... I actually felt alright while I was still in hospital, but since we came home I've been feeling awful quite a bit of the time - particularly in the evening and at night. I feel the need to urinate a few times an hour, although I'm not incontinent - I can ignore it for a while if I want. It's just very uncomfortable At the other end, I was constipated for a day or so, then had a day of constantly producing black/green sludge (sorry), now another day of constipation. I also feel quite nauseous, although this isn't all the time.
Sleeping's a problem. Can't sleep for more than an hour at a time and more often 20-30 mins.
What I'm wondering is if any of this is down to anxiety? I've had several bursts of emotional break-down over dealing with a difficult start to breastfeeding and four almost completely sleepless nights during labour and immediately afterwards. The fact I feel worse at night makes me wonder if it's just a psychological reaction to worrying how much we'll be able to sleep at night and just generally not being able to switch off. My husband is utterly amazing and doing more than his fair share of childcare, so I have no rational reason to worry. I'll discuss this all with my midwife, who should be visiting the day after tomorrow, but that seems a long way off.
Thoughts and advice (if you're still reading, thank you) much appreciated.
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Feeling really horrid. :( Anxiety or the result of giving birth?
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AgathaTrunchbull · 23/01/2013 21:52
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