After pains?
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Topic: After pains?
Posted By: Bizzy
Subject: After pains?
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 2:42am
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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!  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 2:46am
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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 ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date 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 By: ElfsMum
Date 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:( ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:08am
flet like i was in labour again bl##dy horralbe if ya ask me ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date 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.  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: kasbee
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:47am
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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  ------------- Kelly, mother to 4 wonderful children. http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date 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:( ? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date 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! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date 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.... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date 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:(! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: daikini
Date 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! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 11:50am
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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 By: Bobbie
Date 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 By: FionaS
Date 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 By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 1:52pm
| Ooo yes way worse with Caprece especially while feeding. Heaps of blood comes out while cramping too eww so gross. |
Posted By: .Mel
Date 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. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: james
Date 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 ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Maya
Date 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? -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:06pm
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:24pm
i had what sounded like what youv got Deb. I only had it with Astin and it generally happened more while feeding and it lasted for 6 weeks! i cried through most of them and im not really a crying type of person
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 9:23pm
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They are small contractions again but they grip suddenly. It's all about your uterus clamping back down to size and often happens when you're feeding. I don't remember it being heaps worse after #3 than #2, either I have a bad memory or I learned to live through them! ------------- |