The article discusses the challenging realities of postpartum life as expressed by various parents through a TikTok video. While pregnancy can be tough, the postpartum experience may involve surprising and often unacknowledged difficulties that can be physically and emotionally taxing. A public service announcement seeks to share hard truths and assure new parents that they are not alone in their struggles, encouraging awareness of potential challenges like physical health issues and relationship changes after childbirth.
It's like getting punched in the face out of an airplane, and then when you land on your feet, everyone expects you to keep running while learning how to juggle.
What follows are individual experiences that not every new parent is going to encounter. These are simply possibilities to be aware of.
I got postpartum preeclampsia four days after giving birth even though I didn't have any high blood pressures during any of my pregnancies.
The resentment towards your husband whose life never really changed and yours changed dramatically.
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