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Stomach cramps post birth

I just wanted a little bit of advice or to know if this is normal. I gave birth yesterday at 10:30am since then I have been having period like cramps. I know that breastfeeding can cause this as it’s drawing your uterus back down in size however I don’t remember having it like this with my first. I am really struggling because it gets very painful. Do I need to worry or will it pass/get easier soon?

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It will get easier, the cramps get more intense every pregnancy unfortunately. Have you spoken to anyone about extra forms of pain relief?

I had the exact same with baby number 2, I couldn’t believe how painful they actually were as also didn’t have any with my first. They only lasted 2-3 days before easing ☺️

Yep a lot worse with me too on second c section. Joendtly my recovery week one was so bad compared to my first and i was on mroe pain killers. Max paracetamol, ibuprofen dihydrocodine and oromorph while in hospital. But then around day 6, vast improvement and my recovery since has been sooooo much better than the first time!

Yep second baby and it was awful almost like labour pains, as above apparently worse with more children

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My first child was an emergency c after 4 hours of pushing at full dilation. He was large and in occiput posterior position, so that’s why he was so stuck. But I really want to do a vbac over a C-section for my second child! Because I was 10cm dilated and fully labored and pushed, does this mean that my baby may come pretty quickly? Hopefully I have a 7-8 pound baby this time, that would probably help too 😂

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