The Sh*t No One Warns You About In The Fourth Trimester

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No one could have ever prepared me for the 4th trimester. Even if they did, I likely would have had newborn tunnel vision and disregarded their subtle warnings. I am a little over 14 weeks PP and the gifts just keep on coming. Don’t get me wrong, I would go bald in a heartbeat for my baby, but wow, I am amazed and in awe thinking about what the woman’s body goes through to create and sustain a life. 

Here’s some crazy shit that has happened in my 4th trimester. Mama’s, what else am I missing?

✔ you might grow bangs even if you aren’t a bang person and you’ll find strands of hair everywhere 

✔ those hemorrhoids that appeared during childbirth pop up out of nowhere even months after birth

✔ you will talk about poop every day

✔ your hands will become raw from washing bottles and pump parts

✔ intercourse after a baby is scary, uncomfortable and feels VERY different

✔ your round and perky boobs after nursing/pumping might completely deflate or hang low once you stop producing milk

✔ the hormonal roller coaster will remind you of your adolescence

✔ your mental health will be tested and pushed to its limits

✔ after birth it will hurt to walk, to sit down, to fart, to poop, to laugh and even to cry

✔ the first poop after birth should be called “the second birth”

✔ you will fall in-love with your partner all over again and also get on eachothers last nerve

✔ you will do stupid AF shit when your sleep deprived

✔ showering will feel like a spa day

✔ you will wear the same “day time pajamas” for weeks

✔ you won’t brush your hair or teeth for days and your toe nails might not be cut for months

✔ even if all you’ve ever dreamed of was having a baby, you will question if you can really do this 

✔ time will become irrelevant

✔ your house will be filled with little messes everywhere

✔ laundry will sit in the dryer for weeks

✔ your plants will be neglected and some might just straight up die

✔ you will forget to eat

✔ your boobs might become more work than your baby

✔ both you and your baby will wear diapers

✔ you will use baby wipes for everything – for a hippie bath, to dust, to wipe down your countertops

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