So the latest horrifying thing the loml and I learned in birthing class was that after you have a baby, you get to bleed for a bit. Because after the baby is born (and believe me, I had finally gotten over the horror of watching a video of this - CLOSE UP AND PERSONAL footage if you catch my drift), your body still wants to get rid of all this excess blood, tissue, mucus, bleh bleh bleh..
and as if the abstract information wasn't awful enough, my teacher then proceeded to get out her demo equipment to show what a woman gets to wear after the baby is born. And when i say wear, I mean underwear.
If my teacher is to be believed, my lucky self will get to wear a very large adult looking diaper, that is additionally stuffed with two more absorbant pads, on top of which will be placed a freezer pack. The freezer pack, I am told, is the best part of this business given that I will effectively be in possession of an open wound where my privates used to be.
and if that wasn't completely and totally more that I ever wanted to know, the whole mess gets held in place by a large stretchy underwear which my lucky husband will get to hold open for me while I hold the diaper ensemble in place, so that I can get into them.
AND I GET TO CHANGE THE WHOLE DAMN THING MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY!!!
WTF, WTF, WTF?????!!!
Comments (2)
Don't worry, you get to wear the sweet stretchy underwear even if you have a c-section! Although you don't need the weird adult diaper thing, or the ice packs, as your open wound is located somewhere else :)
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Its still not cool!
Posted by Mary | February 25, 2010 11:37 AM
Posted on February 25, 2010 11:37
I don't recall wearing any of those contraptions - just special KOTEX made for post natal purposes, and the bleeding stops after a few days. But then what do I know about these modern techniques - I had my babies in the 70's!!!!
Posted by m | February 27, 2010 2:57 PM
Posted on February 27, 2010 14:57