Why is it...

[Trillian]

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.

[Rouge]

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!

[Trillian]

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.

[Ambah]

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!

[visitor1]

I was in tears from the pains with Jasmine...but had not one pain from Chelsea.

Wonder if they get worse with more kids...? LOL

[Antheia]

Wonder if they get worse with more kids...? LOL

Oh i hope not! I will prob die if it did lol. They were really bad.

[teachmum]

I had bad ones with my 2nd but none with my third!