Help me set expectations: How much of a relief, physically, is having the twins out?

[jimmysco4u]

@billbydesign It is literally night and day, you will feel so much better. And the c section healing is painful, but it’s a different kind of pain than you were experiencing before, so there’s that.

 

[i_love_the_rain]

@billbydesign Physical relief is hard to say. I was put under for my section so I woke up to painfully swollen feet, exhaustion, and major pain at my incision site. But I also toughed it out without meds, so thats probably my fault. But the stress of having to keep 2 babies alive... the pregnancy stress was so much easier. As soon as I held my boys all I could think about was how if I lost them my entire world would be crushed. The fear of loving something that much was crippling. That got a bit easier in the past 2 months though. So, as funny as it sounds while you're dealing with how shitty pregnancy is, enjoy it while you can. And maybe do something now that you would want to do before you have to watch babies 24/7.

 

[billbydesign]

@i_love_the_rain More power to you on toughing it without the meds. I'm going to have enough challenges, I think, given disabilities... but I hear you on the fear. Already trying to manage that.

 

[i_love_the_rain]

@billbydesign Oh I don't recommend it to anyone and I don't think I was anything but stupid for doing it. I don't think I really had ppd, but I definitely stopped caring about myself for a few days.

 

[billbydesign]

@i_love_the_rain You can be having a rough time without having PPD and it's just as valid