Not about numbers on the scale, or getting 100% back to pre-preg body. But just in general when did you feel like yourself again, after delivery?
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Maybe about 2 weeks! Once everything calmed down and got home and all settled in and on somewhat of a routine which is hard with a newborn!
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It took 3-4 weeks for me to start feeling normal again.
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5 or 6 weeks after my C-section!
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About 5 months.
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I don't think I've ever gone back to feeling the same as pre-preg! First it was baby blues (for about 4 weeks), then it was stress of having so much I wanted to do every day and not being able to fit it all in, then it was coming to terms with life having changed so much (in a good way, but still changes!). Finally at around 19 weeks, I felt happy and settled again...but definitely a different person with different priorities than before.
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About 2 weeks. Then at 4 weeks DH went back to work and I felt a little crazy. It took a week or two to make myself get out of the house every day.
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I think it was at least 4-5 weeks until I stopped "hurting" down there since I had a tear. Emotionally though was a lot longer! I don't even know what my answer to that would be..
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3 months.
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I felt better within minutes of birth; in fact, the first thing I said after DD was born was, "I feel so much better!"
As far as being myself again, I felt really good after 2 weeks with DD; it was shorter with DS, maybe only 6-7 days.
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i want to follow this to see how realistic it is! i see my friends with babies and they always look like they are doing great, but i wonder how things are behind closed doors!
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For me about 2 1/2 - 3 months. Tomorrow my baby girl will be 3 months! These past couple of weeks have been great. She is on a sleep schedule so i finally have about 3 hours at night for myself! cleaning, working out, t.v. or just sitting and doing nothing! Ive also noticed DH and I are laughing and finally having time together. Im not tired all the time and I feel better physically. Things are really going wonderful right now
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@birdofafeather: Now that Ive been in this situation Ive wondered the same thing!
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About 3 weeks? 2 weeks for the second.
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Over a month. I had a second degree tear and it took awhile for it to heal and not hurt every time I moved.
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2.5 months.
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6 weeks-ish. I got a haircut and a pedicure, and just doing those little me things and taking a few hours away from the baby made me feel like a person again instead of just a 'new mom'. That is also when BFing got really easy and I felt like I could function.
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Physically, about 6 weeks or so. I think I adjusted mentally around 4-5 weeks but at 12 weeks (now) it has only just started to feel more like it used to. LO is finally going to bed at a reasonable hour and I'm starting to think about (possibly) leaving him with a sitter so we can go on a date!
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I don't really remember. It was some time. I think it was over 6 weeks for me because my knees got very weak while I was pregnant. It took a long time for them to get back to normal. Probably 3 months?
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Probably about 3 months.
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@birdofafeather: A friend of mine always told me how together and "on it" I always seemed right after C was born, but I was a HOT MESS. C will be 7 months on Saturday and I want to say it's only been the last month or so that I feel like I am, mentally, myself again.
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I'm very curious about this too.
Specifically I'm wondering when the "symptoms" will go away.
- Acne
- Vomiting
- Joint Pain -
Not that I have any experience, but I read something on babble or babycenter that it takes, on average, 4 months to get "used" to being a mother.
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@travelingbrit: Acne, 7 months and counting.....
Vomiting, immediately
joint pain.... took a couple of months. 3-4 at most. -
@zippylef: ugh seriously? not the answers I was looking for :\ although no more puking will be nice.
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@travelingbrit: I'm sorry.
My joint pain was extremely severe though due to an insanely abnormal amount of swelling (I still have issues with my feet and ankles in the morning). Yours will probably go away faster!
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@birdofafeather: same!
In all honesty, it took me about 9 months to feel like me. I was still nursing but I as no longer engorged or leaking, I was used to the numb/weird feeling of my million stitches episiotomy scar, I had finally lost all the weight and was back in my regular clothes. I just felt like the new normal was actually normal.
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To the outside world I would say I was back after a week! I fit into my clothing again and was out & about....and we'll rested.
However--- in all reality: I am still out of whack and I don't think I'll be back until
1- breast feeding gets easier
2- my switches fully heal
3- I can DTD again
My joint pain was extremely severe though due to an insanely abnormal amount of swelling (I still have issues with my feet and ankles in the morning). Yours will probably go away faster!
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