Postpartum recovery

I’m 12 days postpartum with my second in just under 2 years, I have 3 children in total. My pelvic floor is fucked and I need to lay in bed today to recover because I think I’ve gone a bit too hard the last 2 days (by which I mean my husband and I took our kids to the playground, we drove and I mostly just sat with the baby in a pram the whole time). I’d also gone to the shops to get out of the house on my own. I don’t remember feeling this weak/sore after my first 2 who have an age gap of 2 years and 8 months - perhaps longer to heal and feel “normal”? Did anyone else feel not quite right after having 2 kids close in age and how long did recovery take? I know everyone’s different but I’m paranoid I’m up for month/s of hurt 😢 I think perhaps 3 kids in (about) 4 and a half years may have been too hard too fast in hindsight

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Finding a pelvic floor therapist has been a life savor in healing. I’m 5 months postpartum and still working on healing. But it took me 2 months to feel better after having kids 12 months apart

Yes! I had a huge gap of time after my first and feel like I bounced right back. 6 years later, I had 5 pregnancies back to back, 2 babies. My youngest is almost 3 and I feel like my body is finally almost there. I did have a lot of trauma surrounding my pregnancies but they say the closer together they are, the longer the rebound time. Take it easy on yourself, you just created a human! ♥️

We lost our first at 8 months pregnant so I was pregnant with our second within 6 months and had him 14 months after her, thankfully my pelvic floor hasn’t suffered to badly although I cannot hold a wee to save my life. I’m 12 weeks pregnant and dreading what dreading baby number 3 might do as my son has only just turned 1 so 3 pregnancy’s in 3 years is probably going to take its toll! If you find any tips that really work then please do let me know!!