NO WAY! This must be a body thing!

[expatinscotland]

So was up feeding Roisin most of the night. She wants to co-sleep, preferably snuggled up to a bare boob.

I've had about 5 hours of broken sleep and am MEGA sore w/afterbirth pains, my abdominal muscles being too far apart, a graze and a pinched nerve in my left groin.

DD1 has a terrible cough and was up half the night w/that.

And all I can think of is how I'd love a whole dozen of these!

That is SO messed up!

I do NOT do pregnancy well. No way.

This must be some kind of hormonal thing.

When does it pass?

oh god the piles, worse than the stitches IMO
salt baths
lactulose
anusol suppositories

(PS am v broody too, and dd2 is one month old. DH keeps saying "I am sure dd1 didn't cry/feed/disrupt our carefully ordered lives like this??" then he says "Oh let's have another one thats a good idea" in a sing song mocking voice
have decided not to mention the broodiness just yet

try all three of you going to bed. even if you and dd1 don't sleep. read to her while you bf, make her eat (carefully) in your bed with you. it ought to make her feel special. here's me giving advice when i've only got one.

and remember, no baby/toddler will deliberately starve herself so stop the guilt trip.

Expat what about ice-creams? I have just given my dd1 a Mr Man ice-cream which went down okay - she has a temp and sore throat. If your dd is coughing her throat might be sore too so ice-creams are practically medicine.

Get out the telly and stick it ON.

Ahh .. congrats to u expat brings back memories for me .. (inc broodiness)
dd2 wanted to stay on the boob all night too. Extra energy levels did kick in, but moments of extreme physical and mental tiredness in the early days, dh would rub my back and say 'mothers are SO great' Then dd1 got chicken pox, then we moved house .. stressful times!!
I doubt i will have a 3rd tho, and my main reason is rather pathetic .. managed to stay tear-free after both births and would like it to stay that way! Dh doesn't want more kids anyway and i've agreed .. dd2 is 22m now and i'm thinking of binding her at night coz she's growing up too fast