feelings after the big event

[Mummyofmax]

hi
how did everyone feel after birth? i have a beautiful daughter but feel exhausted, ache etc.
x

I felt as if I had been run over by a bus, exhausted, aching all over, I couldn't stand up straight for a while and a strange empty feeling! but oh so happy and proud! I remember it all so clearly and my Ds2 is 10!!!

Congratulations!

Asthough I'd run a marathon.
Pleased that the pain was over.
Incredibly proud.
Saggy.

My first was a section and I felt physically wrecked and emotionally wobbly but happy. My second was a vaginal birth after a really rubbish pregnancy and I felt physically amazing by comparison, loads of energy and kind of high. But both times sore, saggy, bruised etc. It wears off - by which time the exhaustion hits! Congrats!

Shocked, bruised and a bit numb emotionally. Took me about 6 weeks to feel more connected again.

Second birth so much better.

I felt shocked and could not move off the labour bed for a couple of hours.

But i gave birth at 30 weeks and didn't even hold my baby It felt so unreal.

Congrats on the birth of your beautiful DD

thanks all
i feel wonderful having such a gorgeous girl but...
my stomach still aches a bit, slight headache, eyes dont feel attached and generally rubbish. sure its all normal but i suffer from anxiety so worry about everything
x