Here are the top ten post-delivery surprises my friends and I faced.  If you’re preparing for birth, then reading this list just might help you smile instead of grimace when…

1) At least four nurses will squeeze your boobs. Sometimes, one will squeeze while another watches.

2) Your pulse and blood pressure will be taken every four hours to make sure you’re alive.             

3) There is no such thing as nighttime in a hospital.

4) A random medical student may watch you give birth and you won’t care.

5) After having your baby, it will literally feel like you have a hole in your belly.

6) It’s hard to pee.

7) It hurts to sit down.

There is no space for flowers and you won’t have a vase.

9) You will not want to get out of your robe.

10) Like it or not, you are the host of the after-birth party.

What surprised you about your recovery from labor and delivery?

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