Some people say not to make a birthing plan, but I beg to differ. As I sat with my baby safe in my arms, new stretch marks angry from the liters of fluid pumped into my body and struggling to move after the surgery, I couldn’t help but be thankful for that plan. That plan was created on the foundation of knowledge and research. That plan helped me decide when an intervention was necessary.
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The Fourth Trimester: 4 Postpartum Truths I Hadn’t Expected
A neonatal nurse’s reflections on her own early postpartum period. The fourth trimester. Postpartum. The period that begins after a baby is born. Some say it is the first 12 weeks, while others say it never ends. As a pregnant woman, there are common expectations when thinking of that fourth trimester. The general lack of…