are the afterpains worse?

[beansbeans!]

Oh my gosh - i dont think i had after pains - is that normal? my gosh i hope i wont cop it too bad 2nd time around!

thats my problem! I had no pains the first time round, so i am so not prepared for this one!!! haha

[hj1981]

Phew - im glad im not the only one! must remember to ask u how they were after u have bub! surely they can't be worse than actually giving birth? so im sure u will be fine!

[Jewel]

I didn't have any, that I could feel, after my first. Then when I had my second, oh boy!... They were so painful. I didn't even realise that you got afterpains like that either. I was taken by suprise. Lol.

[~*lilla*~]

Mine were worse with my 2nd child I have to admit. They lasted a day or two and were quite painful.

[shellbell3]

Mine were alot worse with #1. I remember esp one night couldn't get out of bed, drugs and heat pack didn't help at all. And BFing made it worse.
After #2 I got bits but no where near as bad. More felt like a period type pain that I could deal with.
I guess each woman and each time will differ.

[Visitor7]

I didn't have any after DD1, but after DD2 they were really bad, lasted about 3 days.

[Glamourcide]

I don't remember having any afterpains from my first birth, but then I was doped up on pethidine and then Panadeine Forte, and I didn't BF. Second time around, BFing was established from the first minutes post-birth and the pains were horrific for about six weeks - to the point where I seriously considered packing in the breastfeeding because it was just too painful. I just assumed that BFing was the reason for the pain, so I'm a bit happier to hear that second and subsequent babies are worse for no other reason than that the uterus has a bit more work to do to contract! If it helps any, though, the midwife who checked me out post-birth was very surprised to find my uterus was contracting at a much faster rate than normal, so perhaps it was more painful for me because my body was working overtime getting back to normal, kwim?

Good luck, keep the painkillers handy! Hopefully it won't be very bad for you and will pass very soon so you can concentrate on the lovelier parts of being a new mum again

[Fleur]

I didn't have any with DD1, some mild ones with DS1, OMG bad pains with DS2! and barely anything with DD2 - and I was prepared for some really horrible pains with her!
So I got lucky I guess...they only got worse up to the 3rd child

[Liz]

No pains after either of my births. In fact I remember coming here after having #1 and asking why the nurses would have kept asking me if I needed pain relief AFTER the birth? LOL. That's when I learned about afterbirth pains.

But yeah.. I didn't have anything after #2 either.

[SweetPea]

Well, I really must be the odd one out! I had no after pains with either of mine, nothing painful, with DS2 I could feel the uterus contracting when feeding but I didn't find it painful at all. Hope you are lucky and don't them 2nd time round too!