Yep I coped even with c/s pains after Paris, but after a drug free birth with Seth (how ironic is this I when I think about it) I had Peth after 3rd stage with Seth. I was told later it could have been to do with my scar (and I had HUGE clots) but I know a lot of women who have it bad in subsequent births. The irony is that I could deal with birth fine, all 14 hours of it but then needed drugs for afterbirth, I could kick myself when I think about it.
I know what you mean Cai. Even though i had an epidural with DS for the last 7hrs of labour (due to tiredness), the first 30 hours were drug free and i coped with that but could not with the after pains.
I haven't ever really had a problem with afterbirth pains with any of mine that I needed to take something. It would have been the worst after Erin's birth, but that still wasn't that bad kwim? I did have quite a lot of tenderness after Paige's birth, but I had a manual placenta removal so it was more to do with all the palpating on my tummy than anything else.
it's an interesting thing to think about though. Maybe it's because the uterus has already been stretched once and needs to work harder to shrink back down again.
Oh Sherie you are sooo lucky! If you ask anyone that came to visit me post birth I was noiser and in more pain than during labour! Even delivering the placenta there was no pain, it wasn't till after that I couldn't cope LOL!
I kept expecting it to happen don't worry, but it just didn't. Sometimes I would feel really achey though, like when you've had a gstro bug and you're very tender in the tummy but not what I would call true afterbirth pain.
I didn't notice any afterbirth pains at all with Aidyn, but this time around they were horrendous! I remember that they were worse than the first half of my labour pains.
I also requested pain relief for them (after having no pain relief in labour), as it was just too much, I was trying to sleep, and wasn't coping at all - hadn't slept in 48 hours!
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when I think about it) I had Peth after 3rd stage with Seth. I was told later it could have been to do with my scar (and I had HUGE clots) but I know a lot of women who have it bad in subsequent births. The irony is that I could deal with birth fine, all 14 hours of it but then needed drugs for afterbirth, I could kick myself when I think about it.
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