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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do NOT depend on anyone else's experience.  Your vaginal birth or surgery recovery could be very different, and you don't know until you know.  [quote]

This is so true. I had an unplanne d c-section and was on my feet, basically pain free from the time I left the hospital. Contrast that with a friend who could barely stand up after her c-section. Or another friend who couldn't move easily for weeks after birth because she experience terrible tearing during her vaginal delivery

Have someone ready and there. You can always send them away or change plans if you don't need them - whether doula or family. You can get away with a lot o f candid directness during those first few weeks with a newborn - if you're family is driving you nuts and you don't need them, or the doula is unnecessary show them the door. But if you do need the help, you'll be awfully glad you had it.

At the very least, physical issues aside, I founrd that no matter how prepared you think you are for that baby coming home (and I was uber-prepared!), you end up running out to the baby store or drug store a million times in those first few weeks for stuff you overlooked. Kind of like moving into a new place and running to the Home Depot a lot! Not easy to do for a new mom - helpful to have a sidekick, for sure.

Good luck!![/quote]

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