[misse10]

What was the biggest shock/surprise you got in that first week you were a mum?

For me, I was stunned that babies can take an hour to breastfeed and you have to start again practically as soon as you've finished!

What about you? )

Please add your post and vent!!

This post has been edited by misse10: 16/11/2012, 07:33 PM

[Lucretia Borgia]

Lack of sleep. His and mine. That expression "sleep like a baby"? What the hell is it supposed to mean? Take an hour to settle, sleep for 15 minutes then wake screaming only to do it all again in an hours time...?

[Flaxen]

Sleep here too.
I was up every hour in the first month, (she did only feed for 7 mins at a time though! reflux )

[mumma_ox]

loved the PPs comment!

Biggest shock for me was the overwhelmingness of all the emotions. I wasn't geared up to deal with the scope of changes in how I felt in the first week.

[busymum01]

Lack of sleep

Absolutely - I didn't get why I did all the right things and put this baby in his bassinette and he why wouldn't he go to sleep!?

Oh and the nasty surprise of post-natal bleeding - this totally slipped my mind/brain and with the first baby I seriously thought I was dying.

[Bek+3]

How long it was going to take to recover after the vaginal birth of my first baby. 12 months physically, longer emotionally.

[AllegraM]

I had a pretty cruisy baby but while I was fully prepared for several awakenings a night, I did not realise that babies don't go straight back to sleep after a feed. The re-settling was a surprise, especially by the time they went back to sleep it would be time for the next feed.

[Schnitzelvonkrum...]

How CONSTANT and permanent being a new mum is. I remember feeding DS at 2am when he was about 8 weeks old, thinking OMG, this is it. Forever.

[Sunnycat]

Was the uncertainty and the constant second guessing myself. Everything physically I could handle. Next time I'm going to trust myself more, not compare to others and not listen to other peoples "advice" when I feel it would be a detriment to my child.

[busymum01]

How CONSTANT and permanent being a new mum is. I remember feeding DS at 2am when he was about 8 weeks old, thinking OMG, this is it. Forever.

So true Schnitzelvonkrum, I recall my MIL saying to me 'enjoy it, it goes so fast, before you know it they're at school' and me thinking this.is.never.going.to.end. You parent 24/7 rain,hail,shine,happy,sad and sick. Now mine are all at school and I say to my sister 'enjoy it, it goes so fast, before you know it they'll be at school....'.