What nobody told me about the fourth trimester
The baby came home. So did a body I did not quite recognise.
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Everyone prepares you for the birth. Almost nobody prepares you for the two weeks after.
I expected to be tired. I did not expect to feel like a stranger in my own body. The peri bottle became my best friend. So did sitting down slowly, and asking for help before I needed it instead of after.
Three months on, it is easier. If you are in the thick of it right now, this part does pass. Be as gentle with yourself as you are with the baby.