An article that discusses the common experiences women have giving birth, but may be afraid to talk about openly. The articles covers topics from blood clots to breastfeeding and focuses on the emotions a woman may experience after birth. At the end the article gives advice to anyone who may know a woman about to give birth, and implies that their pre-delivery expectations will be wildly different from their post-delivery experience.

Key Takeaways:

• very few women are prepared for those first few fateful days post-partum.
• If you’re struggling, get help
• This is normal, even when you feel like you’re losing your mind and no-one in the world understands

“It’s a cliché that the parents of newborns experience fatigue on another level, but it’s clichéd for a reason; this kind of exhaustion could be used to torture spies into sharing state secrets.”

http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/11-unspeakable-postpartum-realities-we-really-need-to-talk-about/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+babycenter%2Fblog+%28BabyCenter+Blog%29&utm_content=FeedBurner