Nchai

I’m glad that my doula was very clear with me in developing birth preferences and not a ‘plan’. Before giving birth, I felt that I was relatively informed. But then I labored for 31 hours, pushed for 3, had a 3rd degree tear, an episiotomy and significant blood loss. I was totally unprepared for what my first three weeks postpartum actually were like, both the physical recovery and how hard the baby blues would hit.

I really feel that we need to talk about this more. But I also think that as a first time mom, I was so excited for my baby that it limited my ability to think about my own recovery in advance.