@billbydesign It is SO MUCH BETTER. Almost immediately. After the first twin was out, it was an hour before I birthed the second. I remember looking down at my belly after birthing baby A and saying to the doc, “wow, my belly feels small!” (Even with a baby still inside
).
The post-birth was an adjustment for a few days.. definitely not comfortable. The
extreme swelling/water-weight I had took about a week to go away fully. After I gave birth some of the swelling went away but then came back with a vengeance until my breastmilk finally came in. It took almost 5 days for my milk to come in, and the swelling got pretty bad again. But, once it did….. magical. I lost at least 20 lbs of pure water/swelling that first week and it was such a relief.
I’m a tiny gal who had knee/joint pain even before pregnancy, so it was really rough during the end of pregnancy.. there were times I gained 5 lbs overnight just due to swelling.
After all was said and done, even during the hard times of infancy with twins, I would turn to my husband at least once a day and say, “you know what’s really nice? Not being pregnant.” Twin pregnancy is SO taxing on the body. Once the babies are out, it’s still hard in different ways, but at least you have your normal bodily functions back.