https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:18:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-you-feel-so-wiped-postpartum#post-1777478 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:03:44 +0000 birdofafeather 1777478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: oh, also because you have a 18 month old and a newborn! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-you-feel-so-wiped-postpartum#post-1777477 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:03:08 +0000 birdofafeather 1777477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>um, this may be TMI, but i had some clots and bleeding afterward after walking for 5 minutes and going to target. i had to shuffle around for a couple weeks. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-you-feel-so-wiped-postpartum#post-1777349 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:42:48 +0000 LovelyPlum 1777349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My iron was super low! Once I started on supplements, it helped! But it was still very slow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-you-feel-so-wiped-postpartum#post-1777140 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 19:39:33 +0000 blackbird 1777140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt like hell. I couldn't sit up, I felt sooo weak. I went for a 4 mile walk when E was about 6 weeks old and it just took it out of me! And I did crossfit until I was 38 weeks pregnant....so.....I was surprised :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-you-feel-so-wiped-postpartum#post-1777017 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:46:36 +0000 emg86 1777017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Make sure you're staying really hydrated!!! I chugged water like crazy the first 4 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-you-feel-so-wiped-postpartum#post-1777013 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:44:47 +0000 emg86 1777013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't feel wiped. It was crazy. I was trying to move furniture less than 12 hours after she was born! I had such a crazy rush for weeks. I did sleep when she slept though and my husband was home for 3 weeks. The lack of sleep wasn't fun by any means, but I felt ok...I already hadn't been sleeping well for weeks due to Braxton Hicks and being uncomfortable towards the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-you-feel-so-wiped-postpartum#post-1777005 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:40:33 +0000 Dandelion 1777005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's the lack of sleep.</p> <p>eta: Plus, labor is hard work! Your body needs to recuperate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-do-you-feel-so-wiped-postpartum#post-1777003 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:39:24 +0000 jedeve 1777003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know the obvious answer is, "because you just had a baby!" But what is it about that that makes you feel so weak?</p> <p>I was in decent shape through my pregnancy. Nothing spectacular, but I did yoga and went hiking at 34 weeks. I regularly went on long walks with DH and LO. But then you give birth and for the first week, walking across my house was tiring! Today, at 4 weeks postpartum, my mom and the LOs and I went on a walk around a pond...probably about a mile. And I feel like hell. Sooo weak and worn out. </p> <p>Is it birth? Is it the recovery from pregnancy? Is it the fluid loss? Something about hormones? The sleep deprivation? Something else?</p> <p> I'm really curious. I mean, I get why your perineum would be sore, but why is just walking so hard? Especially when I could do it pregnant! </p>