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Bizzy 
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 2:42am |
Okay so three kids later and i dont recall having had any with the boys and was wondering if someone could describe them for me.
are they sort of like a gripping, think i need to go toilet urgently kind of pain? or am i confusing them with the real i need to go to the toilet urgently pain?
so many mixed signals from my poor battered body! 
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 2:46am |
My after pains seem to feel a lot like early labour pains - in fact I've just popped 2 panadols to keep those at bay. For some reason they are worst for me at this hour of the night after expressing
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:30am |
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Edited cos I was being stupid.
Mine were like really bad period pains and in the first few days I could actually feel my uterus contracting. Have written more about the gas pain in the other thread.
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:39am |
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i had them(thought everyone did:(!!) mine were similar to very bad gas pain...almost unbearable and mostly when i fed getting up at night:( but also when i fed during the rest of the day..they for me were similar to the gripping toilet type pain:(
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:08am |
flet like i was in labour again bl##dy horralbe if ya ask me 
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:27am |
Yep like really bad period pain/early labour - needed panadol for a few days and I NEVER normally take anything like that. Way worse second time around too, which I had been warned about. 
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:47am |
I had them after having Ryan and Katelyn and to me they felt like bad period pain, it happened to me while i was breastfeeding and for a little while after.
I believe we get them because its our uterus contracting back down, and breastfeeding helps this process. I think 
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:01am |
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kasbee...yeah it does 'help'...sucks if you ask me...I'd rather it went slower and didnt hurt as much...aimee..you are kidding..WORSE the second time:( ?
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:23am |
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Yup mine were definitely worse the second time too. It was just like contractions again for me.
Although I do remember having a few mad dashes to the loo, only to find I couldn't go. don't know if they were the same thing though, sorry!
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:45am |
too late cuppatea i saw your first response...!!! 
i never had them with the first or second, if this horrible gassy wanting to go toilet pain is them....
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 9:55am |
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i had both ... contraction type pains and the gassy pains..both hurt like hell and if its worse next time im not doing it again:(!
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 11:01am |
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I had those, period type pains of the uterus contracting back down... sorry ladies, it wasn't only worse the second time compared to the first, it was worse again the third time compared to the second!
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 11:50am |
I had a c-section and I had those pains too. I'm not sure what it's like after a natural birth but the contracting of the uterus sort of pulls on your wound a bit and gives you that pain too. Not nice!
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 12:57pm |
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I had a c-section too and I had two types of pain - the horrible period pain which I put down to afterpains and also a horrible crampy pain like when you're about to have diarrhea. I think your bowel gets a bit stuffed and also the voltaren can cause the squirts.
Also you can get a bit of bruising to your bladder as it's so close to the uterus - I didn't get this but a friend did.
Never had a Vaginal birth so can't compare sorry.
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 1:06pm |
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Funnily enough I had them quite badly after Elle, mainly when feeding (apparently not common after a first baby). It felt like a mild contraction / braxton hicks but the tummy is empty. It was mainly tummy, not lower back pain. My uterus contracted super quick so I guess that is why I got them.
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 1:52pm |
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Ooo yes way worse with Caprece especially while feeding. Heaps of blood comes out while cramping too eww so gross.
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 1:54pm |
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I never had them with the other two. So having hideous ones after I'd had Cooper was a real shock to the system. They hurt like anything. From memory they stopped after the 2nd night.
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 1:58pm |
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the gassy pain happem to me too it will pass lol(pardon the pun)and it is quite sore so is going number 2s for the frist time too
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:02pm |
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I must be the opposite lol, I had shocking after pains after Maya was born, they had me in tears while I was feeding. Expected to get them worse after the gremlins with them being my second/third and with my uterus being so much bigger, but I hardly got any. I did retain part of the placenta, not sure if that slowed down my uterus contracting?
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Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:06pm |
I never had any after pains until number 3! To me they were like really bad contractions just not lasting as long. They were worse when i was breastfeeding.
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