- You will need recovery time
Unlike other areas of life you can become an ace in, delivery recovery is not something that you can expert out of.
A vaginal delivery is typically easier and quicker to recover from than a C-section, but that does not mean that you can come home from the hospital and get on the trampoline with your toddler.
Kenney from Romper found this out the hard way:
“A vaginal delivery, I was told, was far less extensive. But I think in my mind I conflated “easier recovery” to “no need for recovery” and, well, that was dumb.”
Get your spouse, or your mom, to assist in the days after giving birth to allow your body to get the R&R you need to be back to your old self.