I Had No Idea How Caring For A Newborn Would Be

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Anonymous wrote:Get a script for APNO or go to Target and make your own APNO- do it now!!! Breastfeeding should never be painful or make cracks. Sure it might be a little sore at first, but as long as the cracks and bleeding don't form it won't be painful.

Be gentle to yourself OP. Not everyone likes every stage. Some of us rock the newborn stage and others of us excel at Toddlers or Teens.

OP here. I heard it’s totally normal to have pain for the first 2-4 weeks.

What kind of pain? APNO even helps with rubbing pain or swollen nips. No, it only hurt with my 1st and 2nd babies. Zero pain with my 3rd. I supplemented a tiny bit in the beginning so she wasn't just shredding my nipples (my milk comes in around day 5 which is late) and then after everything was copacetic.

Advice is welcome, but you have to realize that your experience does not translate to every other woman's breasts.

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Anonymous wrote:No one tells you all of this when you are pregnant. You anticipate that it will like be getting a low maintenance puppy with cute clothes, but your baby is like a cranky, poopy, little old person, who doesn't even smile at you and they wake you up every two hours to suck on your boobs until they are raw.

A contrary view - lots of people tell you it will be just as is it. However, it is human nature? American nature? to think we will not fall prey to the low physical and emotional points.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one tells you all of this when you are pregnant. You anticipate that it will like be getting a low maintenance puppy with cute clothes, but your baby is like a cranky, poopy, little old person, who doesn't even smile at you and they wake you up every two hours to suck on your boobs until they are raw.

A contrary view - lots of people tell you it will be just as is it. However, it is human nature? American nature? to think we will not fall prey to the low physical and emotional points.

It was way easier than I expected, but I was expecting pure hell.