Hey guys. So I jut got my first AF since DD2 was born, so about 19 months pp. I am in so much pain. I'm on day four, and although the bleeding is nowhere near what I used to experience (think, blood running down my legs getting up in the morning, heavy bleeding) the pain has been extreme. I like to think I have a fairly high pain tolerance, but this far I have literally been bedridden. I can hardly move for the knife like pains in my vagina and rectal area, the cramps are like labour, my thighs and vagina are aching and feel almost heavy itms. I'm nauseated and cranky but mainly just in so much pain. Anyone else? How do you get through? As I said, I used to have painful, very heavy periods, but this pain is on a whole new level. Is it just because it's the first one in so long? I'm feeling really guilty, as I haven't been the most involved mum or wife over the last few days.