Hundreds of books are written about pregnancy, but not much is said about what happens to your body after the baby gets here. Sure there might be a paragraph, or if you are really lucky a chapter of the book devoted to this topic, but in my opinion  it is worth a separate book altogether. What follows is my account of what really happens to you after the baby comes.

1. You will be an emotional train wreck.


With the huge hormonal shift that takes place after giving birth, it is no surprise that you are a little bit more emotional than normal, but it seems nobody really tells you the crazy things that you will end up crying about. I would break down in tears every day the first month over the silliest things. I may or may not have had a meltdown over my husband controlling the remote and picking a TV show I did not want to watch.

2. You will shed like a dog.


I had NO idea that loosing hair was normal after giving birth. The hair loss started slowly and before I knew it I was pulling out wads of hair every night in the shower. After a shower session where I lost more hair than my golden retriever does in a year I turned to the holy grail of new moms, Google, and found out that yes indeed this is a very common issue.

3.  Hemorrhoids.

Think of little grapes hanging from your butt, and sticking around for months. Invest in some Preparation H and stool softener. Enough said.

4. You will sweat like never before.


Tell all family and friends to dress like they are going skiing in January when they come to visit you the first few weeks after you get home from the hospital. You will sweat and be hot ALL the time. Another tip, wear deodorant to bed. You can thank me later.

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See Also:

-How to Lose the Baby Weight

-Sex vs. Sleep: You Can Have it All!

-Did Pregnancy Ruin Your Body?