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Hi all.

26 yr old FTM to a beautiful 12 day old baby boy, here 👋🏻.

12 days post partum, my baby’s face lights up my heart like nothing else!🥹

Ofcourse i am going through a bad phase right now (maybe it’s ppd, maybe it’s baby blues; i have no idea) even though i have my loving and supportive husband, mom and siblings around me 24/7.

I had an induced labour that lasted for 12+ hrs, took epidural and was able to deliver vaginally with no major complications (or so i thought).

Once the epidural started to wear off, the tail bone pain (coccydynia) caught up, along with very bad pelvic pain+SPD pain.

I can’t sit for too long.

I can’t lie down flat on my bed, not at all!

Walking is not bad.

I’m currently feeding my baby and sleeping by lying onto the left / right side.

I HATE THIS!

I thought i won’t be able to handle labour, i did.

I feared the epidural needle, i calmly handled it.

The episiotomy stitches, i handled it.

But never in my life i thought that I would succumb to such a horrible pain that doesn’t allow me to hold my baby, play with him, make memories with him😭😭😭.

It’s already gonna be 2 weeks of him and i feel i have missed so many good moments with him, just because my mind is completely occupied with the pain.

Anyone else in the same boat as me?

I don’t know how to begin.

Can’t hold my baby by sitting.

Can’t turn from one side to other on bed without spending extended minutes managing the pain.

Can’t lay down on my back.

Can’t sit without a donut pillow.

Only 7 days since the birth of my beautiful baby but it seems like I’m failing to enjoy every second of it due to my horrible post partum issues.

The tail bone pain / swelling / inflammation/ whatever that is happening there seems to spread to both of my buttocks.

SPD pain was there since 2nd trimester but never thought it’d follow me to post partum😭.

Doing lots of walking + yoga ball right now in hospital room with pessary induction.

I am devastated to know that i not dilated AT ALL!😭

I mean … i don’t have much hope left.

No pain or anything till now. It’s been 4 hrs!

Cervix isn’t even opened 🫤. The insertion was friggin’ painful, God!😣

Now it’s waiting time, 24hrs.

Will i get contractions? What to expect now?

They asked me to lie down for 1 hr.

39+1w FTM here.

I’m living abroad, scheduled for Induction of Labour within 2 hrs actually 😭.

I’m lost. Like, totally.

This was unexpected and now things look uncertain for me.

I educated myself on normal labour and c section. But induction was something i didn’t even read anything about. All i know is it can lead to c section 🥲.

Can u guys give me some advice? Anyone with positive induction stories?

Anything that i should know about?