Hello today, I am going to be taking you through everything you need when it comes to postpartum care after having a baby
I am not sure how knowledgeable you are when it comes to what happens after a baby
I was under the impression that you birth the baby and then
Everything's hunky-dory and goes back to normal and that could not be further from the truth in reality
You're pretty tore up. It's kind of a bloodbath and
your
Recovery takes a while. It's not easy birthing a child
That seems really obvious for me to say right now
But I was completely oblivious before having any kids and a video like this would have been super helpful for me
So I am just going to jump into it and walk you through
Everything you need for your postpartum care right now
I have the baby registry that I created last week and let's just start adding postpartum care items
so number one are
adult
diapers, I'm sure you already have plenty of diapers for your little baby that you are about to introduce to this world and
What you may not know is you will also become a baby after giving birth because you will need diapers
After you give birth and you push out your baby or even if you have a c-section
Which is what I had there's a lot of stuff that still needs to come out and it takes weeks for it to all clear
So, I mean we're all adults here. It sounds morbid, but it's the facts of life
You will basically have a very very strong
period after you give birth to your child no matter which way you deliver and
At the hospital they give you these really thick
Like granny panties and they give you large pads to put inside
But once I was home, I felt like adult diapers were just easier
So the ones that I got are these always discreet underwear
this pack of 32 should
Last you the entire time that you need it after you home you can survive off of large pads
But I mean the diapers are just easier
especially at night
To just super ensure that you don't leak all over your bed and room your mattress for the next thing you will want in terms
of postpartum care our
nursing
Nursing pads are basically diapers for your boots. So if you're planning on breastfeeding
Your boobs still have to figure out how much milk to produce
they will sometimes get very very full and
leak
milk
So nursing pads are something you want
To just catch any of the milk that is trying to escape. I like the lansinoh nursing pads and
Depending on how long you breastfeed for you will need quite a bit. So this 200 count this is
Not for two hundred uses. You have two boobies. It's for a hundred uses. I would get this one to start off with
Alright the next thing you will need that is still in the breastfeeding vein is some nipple cream
Susan Apple cream you will need it because of breastfeeding
hurts, I
Don't know if you take in a breastfeeding class yet, or if you have any friends that you've talked to about breastfeeding
But it is not easy
I was under the impression when I was pregnant or before I had kids that breastfeeding was just this really
Beautifully natural process and as soon as you gave birth to a little baby
They would just latch on to your nipple and start eating away and know that that's not how it works
I mean, maybe that's how it works for some people, but I believe for most people
you have to teach your baby how to eat the
Latching process can be very long for some people
It can be very painful if your baby is not latching properly
I know when I gave birth to my twins, and I was trying to tandem breastfeed
they were so little that their latches just weren't very good and
my nipples were
literally
Bleeding and blistered from trying to breastfeed so much
I eventually had to start pumping and even with pumping you need this nipple cream
but especially if you're going to be breastfeeding and if this is your first, baby
you need some lanolin cream to help your
Nippies recover between feedings. I actually personally don't like this
Lanolin cream from lansinoh. I like the medulla
tender care
It's just so lanolin cream and
I don't know why I like this one the most I've tried a few and
This is just the one that soothes my nipples the most we just show you. So I've tried will the lansinoh cream
I didn't really like it. I tried the mother love nipple cream, and it was too thin it
Didn't feel like it did anything for my nipples. I tried the honest company it seemed to thin
The lansinoh is probably the thickest but it was just too thick so
Medulla is what I liked the most and what I would you know?
Suggest and put my word behind if you're going to register for a nipple thing
next on the list the world will revolve on your boobs when you have a baby and
so this is just another thing to tack on to that our
nursing bras
I actually like the target nursing bras the most they are a lot more expensive than what you can get off of
Amazon but they're just more comfortable and I feel like
Cuter some of the nursing bras that you can get off Amazon like I have this 3-pack right here
They're great. They work but they are just not cute like if you
When you get to that point where you can be
Intimate with your husband again. They're just not cute. They're not sexy at all
They're like giant boob armor and the target ones are just a little more delicate and feminine
Looking but these do do the trick and you get three for basically what you get for the price of one
For the target bras, so I would suggest getting at least one pack of this
We covered everything that you need for your boobs
And now let's move further south to what you are going to need to help recover in your nether regions
So I've only ever had c-sections so I can't necessarily
attest to what specifically happened with a vaginal birth
However, I got hemorrhoids
Just from being huge and pregnant so I can only imagine how much worse they would get if you have to push out a baby
Vaginally I use this even with a c-section
so I'm assuming you would really need this if you deliver vaginally and that is
hemorrhoid wipes the hemorrhoid wipes that I use are the
Preparation-h wipes they're flushable wipes. They basically just have a witch hazel soaked on them and
when you're
Recovering down there. It's just nice to use a nice
medicated
Wet wipe rather than dry rough toilet paper I would add
This to your baby registry. This comes as a four cat
There are also tucks medicated pads, which I know are really popular
Items, I've never specifically used them. But I mean on this one. You can read some of the reviews
I'm just trying to point you into another direction here in case you don't like the
Preparation-h wipes the next thing you will need to help your area down
There are stool softeners if you have a c-section
Specifically the spinal block and some of the medicine that they give you prior to surgery
can make you very
constipated
Plus when you have a c-section, they're literally
slicing into your belly through your muscles and
when you think about
You know pushing out who?
You're using your ab muscles
so when your ab muscles are recovering
There's really not as much push that you can give after a c-section. So
If you're having a c-section, I would suggest getting some stool softeners like this colace
Take it prior to your surgery. If you know that you're gonna be having a c-section
C-section surgery obviously in most cases. You don't always know
But if you are aware, you can take this and it'll at least save you some really really really painful
Adventures on the toilet next we will look at getting a nice soft robe for your recovery. I
Highly suggest getting a robe like this or like this
the one I bought
Specifically it was from Target and it was just a softy jersey knit robe
they're really nice for when you're
recovering in the hospital
they give you a hospital gown there, but it's
Really?
Just not even that comfortable. This is way more comfortable for you when you're recovering in the hospital
I'll try to find a picture and insert it fear of what the hospital robe looks like, but it's not
cute and it's not
Comfy at all. So try to
Do yourself a little favor treat yourself and get yourself a nice comfy robe
there's a few reasons that make these robes more comfortable and something you will want to bring to the hospital with you after baby and
Really wear for the next few weeks after having baby. I lived in my robe after giving birth first if you have a c-section
Like I did you can't really wear pants because the pants will push on your incision, which can be super painful
Plus having to pull down your pants and all that
It sounds so freakin lazy, but when you're recovering from surgery, it's a lot of work. Even if you don't have a c-section
Something like this is still super convenient. The other thing which I feel like is the biggest plus of
Wearing a robe like this after having a baby is you have easy access
Again, the world revolves around your boobs after baby. You have easy access to eat your boobies
So anytime your baby wants to nurse
Ooh
you can just pop one out right there and start feeding your baby and then easily just wrap yourself back up the next thing you're
Going to want is a belly support belt some people love these belly support belts me being one of them
I know some people hate them and find them painful after you deliver your baby
Your belly doesn't just like snap back and look cute again
You still look pregnant right after delivering your baby because it takes a while for your uterus to shrink back down
So you've delivered your baby your baby is no longer inside your uterus
But your uterus is still huge and it's now just an empty. Hollow sack and at least for me I
felt that hollowness and
It was just really uncomfortable having this huge empty uterus swinging around
so a belly support belt for recovery was
Essential for me to just feel more comfortable and put together again
You'll initially get one from the hospital that's in a really big size that'll shrink back down along with your uterus
But once you've gotten to a certain size down you can buy some of these smaller ones here
Sir, these are called shapewear
Which I guess at a certain point if you're still wearing it when your belly's super tiny, it could be considered shapewear
But this is the one that I got when I was still shrinking down my uterus
so this one is helpful at
Covering up your c-section scar and kind of creating extra padding
Against it rubbing against anything and then you it comes in three pieces
One of these two pieces I wore around my belly. I think I actually kind of trade it off. I never wore all three together
but I would combo one of these top ones with this bottom one that just protected my c-section scar from
The elephants. All right. So back to the boobies. If you're breastfeeding. I feel like you always want to figure out ways to produce
milk, even if your baby's getting enough I know for me I
Am fully able to feed my one baby that I have right now
But I'm still always taking lactation support supplements because I like to over produce and then save it in the freezer
So that when I am eventually done with my breastfeeding journey
I have some backup milk supply
To keep providing my baby with the nutrients in breast milk
I take the earth mama milk made tea
It's not the best tasting tea. It has the fennel and fenugreek in it
It's caffeine free so you don't have to worry about your baby
Getting all jacked up on your breast milk from tea and it just helps you produce a little bit more
So we'll add that to the registry. I've also tried this brand as well
It tastes pretty much the same but I mean as you can see this one's a lot more expensive than this one
So I like cheap more
I've also used producing more as an excuse to eat cookies the milk makers at lactation cookies
I've had the oatmeal chocolate chip before
So is this one like a mix I've had they're ones that are already
made
Okay. So this one is like the ready-made cookies, which is what I've had before they are pricey
You can look up recipes and make your own
Lactation cookies it's basically just like oatmeal fenugreek. Maybe I'll link to a good recipe down below
No, I'm not gonna promise that this is that I barely have time to film these videos. You can google a good lactation cookie
recipe if you want one because
They are very expensive to buy ready-made and you should be able to cook them for
Significantly cheaper, I've had these booby bars
Also, I don't think they taste as good as the milk makers lactation cookies
the booby boons
I've used as well. I didn't really like those ones
obviously a lot of other people don't really like those either if you don't want to specifically buy these
Tation cookies you can just eat a bowl of oatmeal every single day the oats and oatmeal
Help with your milk production and I feel like that's the main ingredient in some of these cookies anyways, and it's a lot cheaper
you can also get
lactation and lactation
Supplements I take the up spring milk flow that you see right here
I've also used this mother love more milk Plus and then just just in case there's something I forgot. Let's
Look at postpartum support or actually postpartum care
Let me see if there's anything else that's on here that I would suggest
So this sits bath soak is good
But I mean good luck finding time to take a nice leisurely bath after having a baby
I mean, hopefully you have family and a helpful husband
So maybe you can find some time
But I think it took out a whole year before I was able to take a bath again
Oh, this is something that's really nice and convenient
I didn't use this free to baby specifically. I had kind of a water bottle that I used
This looks more convenient though. So after you deliver
We already talked about you're gonna need a diaper and some hemorrhoid wipes because you're going to be bleeding profusely
for a while after delivery
some thing like this, which is basically
a
Little wash bottle to wash yourself off. It's like a water bottle. But day. I guess you could say it'll just help you
Clean yourself off down there after having a baby. There's gonna be a lot of
like gross stuff going on down there and you're not gonna be able to
Easily wipe it all away
With a tissue or even with a hemorrhoid wipe so being able to spray it off with a bottle is super useful
15 dollars though is pretty expensive for this. I just used a water bottle and buy water bottle
I don't mean like an Evian bottle that has a big hole. I mean like a sports water bottle that you can
And it shoots out because that's what you're gonna need to remove all the debris
I used these tender care hydro gels as well
These are really useful when you're a first-time mom
Breastfeeding and your baby's not figuring out how to latch right away. As I said before my nipples
bruised bled
Blistered when I was first breastfeeding my twins and the lanolin cream does help with the recovery
But think about it when you injure yourself anywhere on your body and you're trying to prevent
Bruising you put a cold ice pack on it. Well, these tender care hydro gels are basically
little ice packs for your nipples
so I kept
Four of these I would have all of them sitting in the freezer or fridge and after I was done breastfeeding
I would apply the lanolin cream and then put these little ice packs on paym nipples to just try to help them recover
Before I had to try to feed again in two hours, I mean, I guess this has great reviews
I feel like this is why I
suggest wearing diapers
After delivering, this is great
If you are just using the crappy little underwear and pads at the hospital gives you when you leave because you're probably going to leak
After a long night's sleep if you're even getting long night sleeps with a newborn, baby
So that's why I guess some people have this but just wear a diaper
You won't leave. You don't need to sleep on a little doggie pad
All right
so that completes the list of items that you could add to your baby registry to help you out with your
Postpartum care and recovery. I hope this video was helpful for you
I hope it helped you kind of learn what to expect as well after you have your baby
And I hope it didn't freak you out too much
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Postpartum care or recovery products that you great that I maybe missed on this list
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