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Originally Posted by Undercover Hippie  Just when you think you are done with the pain of labor and can sit back and admire your newborn, they will make you do more work and push the placenta out. It will seem horribly unfair.
Homeopathic arnica is great for the swelling those first few days.
Homeopathic hypericum is like a miracle for the raw/sore/tender feeling that persists for a while. I take it until sex doesn't hurt and trust me, when I run out, I can tell a difference even just wiping myself!
If you've had more than one child, be prepared for the afterpains. Especially when nursing. You may have to breathe through them just like ctx. Even a natural birthing mama may find herself reaching for ibuprofen or wishing for something stronger!
Don't pump too much when you are engorged or you'll just keep encouraging those boobs to make too much and prolong your misery.
Your newborn really can latch onto a boob that is bigger than his or her head. They do not even seem intimidated by it!
No matter how much smaller and slimmer you feel than when you were pregnant, or how much you think you gained weight only in your belly, your butt and thighs will not fit into your old jeans for a long while. Don't even try. Stick with the yoga pants and no one gets hurt!
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OK- note taken on the hypericum. What is it, I have arnica already and I've been taking it but honestly I don't know what it's doing. I have no bruising, maybe that's it. I have no swelling, maybe that's it? What's the other thing.
And am I the only one who didn't have to push out a placenta. I mean, I could feel the contraction and I knew it was coming but I was sitting up and I just stuck a bowl under there and it mostly just plopped out, there wasn't any work involved. It was actually nice and soothing after passing a child through there, it was like a wipe-down.
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this arrangement so much!
